Contact Name
Kat Duncan
Contact Phone
5738849143
Contact Email
duncank@rjionline.org
TV/Affiliates
Reynolds Journalism Institute
Speaker(s) Information
Beth Francesco
RJI Fellow
Beth Francesco built fundraising toolkit to help local, small news organizations diversify their revenue streams and decrease their reliance on traditional ad sales, designed for those newer to philanthropy.
Mary Heisey
RJI Fellow
Mary Heisey and Kelsey Tolchin-Kupferer created a comprehensive guide that supports radio newsrooms in creating or expanding youth media programs to train and invest in the next generation of journalists as well as engage future listeners, leaders, and supporters of radio.
Kelsey Tolchin-Kupferer
RJI Fellow
Mary Heisey and Kelsey Tolchin-Kupferer created a comprehensive guide that supports radio newsrooms in creating or expanding youth media programs to train and invest in the next generation of journalists as well as engage future listeners, leaders, and supporters of radio.
Amy Kovac-Ashley
RJI Fellow
Amy L. Kovac-Ashley created a succession planning guide for small, independent local nonprofit and for-profit news organizations to help them grow into mature, thriving businesses that serve their communities and transition gracefully past their founding, startup stage.
Tasmiha Khan
RJI Fellow
Tasmiha Khan created a toolkit on how to best address Muslims and Islam in the media, including correct terms and templates for journalists who are writing or referring to Muslims in their work. These
Tara Pixley
RJI Fellow
Tara Pixley created an online toolkit that offers trauma and identity-informed visual journalist safety checklists, tips, gear advice, and other necessary security training elements for all visual journalists, including freelancers and students, with an emphasis on equity and ethics.
Ryan Restivo
RJI Fellow
Ryan Restivo built practical tool that lowers the barrier to interactively learn best practices for search engine optimization (SEO). This tool will utilize slash commands in Slack that — once installed — can be used by anyone in a newsroom’s workspace to gather actionable SEO information and insights that they can use for future work.
Nissa Rhee
RJI Fellow
Nissa Rhee created a guide to using grassroots organizing techniques to equip and engage underserved audiences. This guide will include tips on who to hire, what kind of work field canvassers should do and where, and how to integrate their work into your existing audience growth strategies.
Kat Duncan
Director of Innovation at the Reynolds Journalism Institute
The host of this conversation will be Kat Duncan, Director of Innovation, who runs the RJI Fellowship program. Please send any questions you may have about the program or this event to Duncank@rjionline.org
