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Fall class of fellows is largest in 5-year history of Reynolds Journalism Instit...

The Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism will have a record number of fellowships this fall thanks to its new non-residential option and a greater number of applicants.

The nine new fellows, announced today, will be working across a broad spectrum of challenges and opportunities facing journalism, from...
 

Reynolds Fellow launches media technology ratings and review site

The first Angie's list-style review site for media technology, MediaExecsTech was launched officially this week. 

Developed by LocalMediaInsider for its more than 400 media subscribers, MediaExecsTech was part of a fellowship at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism this...
 

Social-classifieds company adFreeq awarded $50,000 St. Louis Arch Grant

• Grant committee selects 20 startups from more than 700 applications
adFreeq, a socially integrated classified ad system incubated at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute, is one of 20 startups to be awarded a $50,000 St. Louis Arch Grant. The goal of the Arch Grants is to help create “more robust startup culture and infrastructure,” in St....
 

Reynolds Fellow taps social media to aggregate and distribute classified ads

Newspaper website tests new revenue platform
Columbia, Mo. — Buyers and sellers can now place and view ads through a new socially integrated classified ad system on the Columbia Missourian’s newspaper website.

The adFreeq, LLC development team is working with the daily newspaper as its initial public test site and will be expanding to...

Reynolds Journalism Institute names Randy Picht,of the Associated Press, as exec...

April 13, 2012
COLUMBIA, Mo. – The Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism has named Randy Picht as its executive director. Picht will be the second executive director for the institute, which was created in 2004 with a $31 million grant...

The Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Photography Center to host annual POYi progr...


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Total and minority newsroom employment declines in 2011 but loss continues to st...

WASHINGTON, DC (April 4, 2012) Total newsroom employment at daily newspapers declined by 2.4 percent in 2011, while the loss in minority newsroom positions was 5.7 percent, according to a census released today by the American Society of News Editors and the Center for Advanced Social Research (CASR) at the Missouri School of Journalism.

ASNE, which has conducted its Newsroom Employment Census of professional...

ASNE moves to University of Missouri in new partnership

The nation's premier organization for journalism leaders and one of the world's leading institutions for journalism education and innovation are joining forces. The American Society of News Editors and the University of Missouri's School of Journalism today announced a new partnership, including plans to move ASNE's headquarters to the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute on the university's Columbia, Mo.,...
 

New iPad will put more pressure on publishers to adapt

Roger Fidler, RJI's digital publishing expert, discusses how new tablet will stand out
Expert Available:
Roger Fidler, Program Director for Digital Publishing
Director, Digital Publishing Alliance
Reynolds Journalism Institute
  

As expected Apple has again raised the bar...
 

Subsidizing e-readers, tablets not likely to be a win for newspaper publishers

By Roger Fidler

If you are in the market for an e-reader and a subscription to a New York Timese-reader edition, the latest offer from Barnes & Noble might be worth considering.

Until March 9 you can get a “free” B&N Nook Simple Touch with a 1-year Nook subscription to the NYT. The Simple Touch currently retails for $99. Or if you would prefer a Nook Color, B&N will knock...