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
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 UNC Table Stakes Newsroom Initiative.
Covering COVID-19: UNC Table Stakes participants adapt and innovate
Media organizations across the country have pivoted operations to cover…
Carolina Public Press fills gaps left by traditional newsrooms
When reporter Angie Newsome ’03 (M.A.) left the Asheville Citizen-Times…
QCity Metro: A UNC Table Stakes tale of success
Those of us who have been in the media industry…
Laid-off reporter starts own news site, provides critical coverage during 2020 election
Robin Kemp was the only journalist watching Clayton County, Georgia’s…
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…