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
We're partnering with the Google News Initiative, LION Publishers and Doug Smith to create Project Oasis – a dynamic new endeavor to identify, share and implement the best practices that help local digital news models get started and succeed.
IN THE NEWS
WATCH: CBS THIS MORNING features Penny Abernathy
CBS This Morning featured UNC Knight Chair in Journalism and…
Supporting digital startups
As legacy news models continue to struggle, digital startups appear…
Editor & Publisher features ‘Project Oasis’
This Editor & Publisher piece details Project Oasis, a partnership…
Should journalism be part of general education?
Should journalism basics be part of general education? Poynter is…
BLOG POSTS
UNC Table Stakes participants working with Report for America
A key Table Stakes essential is partnering to expand capacity…
Q City Metro: A ‘Table Stakes’ tale of success
Susan Leath is the director of the Center for Innovation…
Covering COVID-19: UNC Table Stakes participants adapt and innovate
Media organizations across the country have pivoted operations to cover…