Apply to be a Innovation Student Staffer

Innovation student staffers work with the RJI Innovation Team on projects and experiments for journalism. Want to try new ways of engaging community or building revenue? Want to try tech, tools and storytelling methods outside the usual journalism structures? Then this may be the position for you.

1-2 students are hired each semester to help produce the web series Innovation in Focus each month. This involves creating journalism with news partners while integrating something innovative or experimental.

Past examples include integrating AR or helping a news partner succeed on TikTok. You’ll also help interview expert journalists and write tips/guides for local newsrooms to learn from your experiments.

Start Date: First week of classes

End Date: Last week of classes 

- Paid hourly

- 10-20 hours a week

Questions? Innovation in Focus Editor Emily Lytle Lytle@rjionline.org 

DEADLINE: To be considered for Spring 2026, please apply by Nov. 20 at 11:59 p.m.

To be considered for Fall 2026, please apply before spring break.


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Email *
Name *
Phone *
Website/portfolio
Major & minor *
Year (during semester you are applying for)  *
Please share two references with phone numbers
What does "innovation" mean to you? *
Tell us one tech, tool, or innovative storytelling method you'd want to try: *
Should be accessible, affordable and able to be tested within a 2-3 week timeframe with a professional news partner. 
Tell us a second tech, tool, or innovative storytelling method you'd want to try: *
Should be accessible, affordable and able to be tested within a 2-3 week timeframe with a professional news partner. 
What is your work style: *
Do you work well independently or do you like a more collaborative approach to projects? (no wrong answers, we just want to get a feel for what works best for you!)
What interests you about this work? *
Anything else you want to share with us? *
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