The Center for Innovation and Sustainability in Local Media exists to support established and emerging local news organizations through applied research on economic sustainability and entrepreneurship as well as innovative news and digital product solutions.
Reinventing Local News
Featured Project
Introducing Project Oasis
In partnership with the Google News Initiative, LION Publishers and Douglas K. Smith, the UNC Center for Innovation and Sustainability in Local Media (CISLM) has released the results of the most extensive look in a decade at the emerging digital news business and how digital startups succeed.
Could Congress act to support local news? A flurry of activity creates optimism
By Andrea Lorenz Nenque There seems to be little groundswell…
Serving local news: Erica Beshears Perel named new director of CISLM
During Erica Beshears Perel’s two decades in the news industry —…
Introducing Project Oasis: New research and strategies for digital news startups
In partnership with the Google News Initiative, LION Publishers and…
UNC Table Stakes participant forms nonprofit journalism center
News ink flows in Les High’s veins — so does…
Nonprofit newsrooms turn rivalry into revenue streams
A recent Better News episode of the It’s all Journalism…
LISTEN: Growing audience during a pandemic
Growing a diverse audience during a pandemic is not easy,…
Want to build audience? Start with newcomers
Want to build audience? Take an idea from The Pilot,…
Whiteville’s The News Reporter adopts UNC Table Stakes’ digital-first mindset for successful transition
This Editor & Publisher piece profiles the digital success of…