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
Project Oasis
The UNC Center for Innovation and Sustainability in Local Media (CISLM) at UNC Hussman is partnering with the Google News Initiative, LION Publishers and Doug Smith to create Project Oasis — a dynamic endeavor to identify, share and implement the best practices that help local digital news models get started and succeed.
IN THE NEWS
Whiteville’s The News Reporter adopts UNC Table Stakes’ digital-first mindset for successful transition
This Editor & Publisher piece profiles the digital success of…
Q&A with Penny Abernathy
The Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) featured a Q&A with Penny…
Better News features UNC Table Stakes participant Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Better News recently featured the Atlanta Journal-Constitution for a…
WATCH: CBS THIS MORNING features Penny Abernathy
CBS This Morning featured UNC Knight Chair in Journalism and…
BLOG POSTS
Abernathy takes part in Tow Center panel discussion on news deserts
UNC Knight Chair in Journalism and Digital Media Economics Penny…
Carolina Public Press fills gaps left by traditional newsrooms
When reporter Angie Newsome ’03 (M.A.) left the Asheville Citizen-Times…
Covering COVID-19: UNC Table Stakes participants adapt and innovate
Media organizations across the country have pivoted operations to cover…