Emily Lytle

1 month ago | rjionline.org | Emily Lytle

Centering the community’s needs while finding an innovative formatWhile news creation is one aspect of what CivicLex does, the nonprofit organization based in Lexington, Kentucky, works to strengthen the civic health of its communities through many different initiatives, including K-12 education programming, community events and workshops, tools and resources, community engagement consulting — and more.

Jan 27, 2025 | rjionline.org | Emily Lytle

Erica Schopmeyer, director of operations at Outlier Media, recently wrapped up a fellowship with Poynter’s Media Transformation Challenge where she focused on growing Outlier’s sponsored content program. Outlier had a couple sponsored content agreements when Schopmeyer joined, but she wanted to help grow this revenue stream to offset the organization’s reliance on grants and improve the organization’s sustainability.

Jan 20, 2025 | rjionline.org | Emily Lytle

How LOOKOUT created a new policy and intake process for future partnersLOOKOUT, a two-year-old nonprofit investigative queer news outlet, partnered with Innovation in Focus to explore additional revenue opportunities. They wanted to answer the question: how do we ensure that our future advertisers and sponsors align with our newsroom’s mission and values?

Sep 16, 2024 | rjionline.org | Emily Lytle

A conversation with Sarah Luyengi from BorderlessWhen creating impact reports at Borderless Magazine, Sarah Luyengi, operations associate, said she thinks about an aspect of the news organization’s mission: Community is at the center of everything they do. In a recent interview with the Innovation in Focus team, Luyengi defined impact as how Borderless consistently builds authentic relationships with immigrant communities.

Sep 9, 2024 | rjionline.org | Emily Lytle

Templates and lessons learned from the Flathead Beacon’s first reportAfter 16 years of printing weekly newspapers, the Flathead Beacon announced last year that it would transition away from print and focus entirely on publishing online.