RJI was launched in 2004 with a grant of $31 million from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation. In conjunction with the centennial celebration of the Missouri School of Journalism, RJI’s headquarters were opened in September 2008. This 50,000 square-foot facility on the University of Missouri campus has state-of-the-art resources to test and demonstrate new technologies, experiment with new approaches to producing, designing and delivering news, information and advertising, and to host conferences that can be live-streamed around the world. RJI’s work crosses diverse specialties within journalism, including media convergence, editorial content and methods, the evolution of advertising, innovation in management and the impact of new technologies. It also includes varied fields on campus such as law, computer science, marketing, education and other disciplines. In 2012, the Foundation awarded RJI a $30.1 million endowment gift to guarantee permanent funding to pursue innovation, collaboration and research in media industries.
Contact information
Address: Administrative Offices Columbia, MO 65211
Website: https://rjionline.org/
Email: rji@rjionline.org
Phone: (573) 884-9121
Current opportunities from this funder:
Reynolds Journalism Institute: Institutional Fellowship
Institutional fellowships are a remote fellowship where the funding for the fellowship goes to the company or institution, rather than an individual. RJI will collaborate with the individual assigned to...
Reynolds Journalism Institute: Nonresidential Fellowship
Nonresidential fellowships are a remote fellowship offered by the Reynolds Journalism Institute, where funding goes directly to an individual to let them pursue an idea outside of their day job/work....
Reynolds Journalism Institute: Residential Fellowship
The RJI residential fellowship is for an individual who wants to spend a year at the Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri to create a resource to help...