The News Reporter in Whiteville, N.C., a member of Cohort 1 of the UNC-Knight Foundation Table Stakes Newsroom Initiative, was in the news recently for the success they’ve achieved adapting to a digital-first mindset, utilizing principles they learned during the Table Stakes program at the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media.
Both Poynter and Better News profiled the family-owned paper’s success, which in the past two years has included increasing digital subscription revenue by 493 percent.