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
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Introducing the Local News Congressional Bill Tracker
Years of declining revenues and expanding news deserts — made more acute by the COVID-19 pandemic — has sparked new interest in ways the federal government could support local news organizations. Here, you can read about the bills and track their progress through Congress.
How Enlace Latino NC grew newsletter subscribers by 390 percent
La Tortilla may be the only newsletter of its kind in North Carolina — an important part of Enlace Latino NC’s mission to deliver powerful journalism to Latinx communities across NC.
How the Florida Times-Union learned it was tracking the wrong social media metrics – and watched engagement soar
By Katelyn Chedraoui Emily Bloch figured social media would be part of…
News & Observer’s Managing Editor on adding staff, investing in print
By Erica Perel This week, Raleigh’s News & Observer announced…
6 Table Stakes terms your news org needs for transformation
By Katelyn Chedraoui At the Center for Innovation and Sustainability in…
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…