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Emily Lytle

Senior Editor, Innovation in Focus

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Reynolds Journalism Institute

310F Reynolds Journalism Institute
Missouri School of Journalism
Columbia, MO 65211-1200

lytle@rjionline.org
(573) 882-9742

Emily Lytle is the Innovation in Focus Editor on RJI’s Innovation Team. She produces the monthly web series Innovation in Focus, which experiments with new ideas, tech and methods of storytelling for local and community-centered journalism.

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