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Poynter, Better News detail News Reporter’s Table Stakes-influenced revenue and readership growth
The News Reporter in Whiteville, N.C., a member of Cohort…
UNC School of Journalism and Media gets new name after largest gift ever
The Center for Innovation and Sustainability in Local Media has…
Ida B. Wells Society and UNC Hussman launch partnership with inaugural event
The UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media hosted a…
PODCAST: Penny Abernathy talks sustainability in local news
Michael O’Connell of the It’s All Journalism podcast caught up…
LATEST BLOG POSTS
A look at the goals and challenges of Table Stakes participants at UNC
As the UNC Center for Innovation and Sustainability in Local…
Our Chatham to take part in event on hunger with Carolina Public Press Oct. 25
Our Chatham, the student-staffed Reese News Lab news service that…
First joint event sponsored by two UNC Knight Centers
The first joint event sponsored by UNC’s two Knight Centers…
Emerging Technologies Lab part of team behind Time magazine AR app documenting loss of Amazon Rain Forest
The Emerging Technologies Lab at the UNC Hussman School of…