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 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.
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…
How HBCU Gameday creates an immersive digital experience
By Preston Fore Sports culture at historically Black colleges and…
How Enlace Latino NC and Southerly partnered to cover the rural Latino community
By Brianna Atkinson The partnership between Enlace Latino NC and…
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…