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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Raising the stakes to ensure local news thrives
A new $2.23 million Knight Foundation investment will support the UNC Center for Innovation and Sustainability in Local News and Table Stakes Newsroom Initiative.
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Senators introduce bill proposing commission on local news
In September, three U.S. senators introduced a bill called the Future of Local…
UNC Table Stakes participant uses events (virtual and in-person) to grow membership
Who says you can’t grow membership during a pandemic? Scalawag,…
Want to build audience? Start with newcomers
Want to build audience? Take an idea from The Pilot,…
Penny Abernathy’s research referenced in piece about recent UNC Hussman lecture
Penny Abernathy’s research on news deserts has influenced the national…
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Raising the stakes to ensure local news thrives
A new $2.23 million Knight Foundation investment will support the…
UNC announces newest cohort for UNC-Knight Foundation Table Stakes Newsroom Initiative
The Center for Innovation and Sustainability in Local Media (CISLM)…
Carolina Public Press fills gaps left by traditional newsrooms
When reporter Angie Newsome ’03 (M.A.) left the Asheville Citizen-Times…
