Susan King, the dean of the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media, recently joined Report for America’s president and co-founder Steve Waldman, as well as Report for America journalist Alexandra Watts for a discussion about the future of local…
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WATCH: Gear Up app gives a virtual tour of UNC System campuses
The UNC System collaborated with the team of Steven King, assistant professor at the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media, and the SeeBoundless company to produce the Gear Up app. The virtual reality app allows students to remotely tour…
Reese Innovation Lab students pitch the news products of tomorrow
A body positivity website. An enhanced set of platforms for a working-mom podcast. A networking site for freelancers. A food money-saving app for young adults. What do all these things have in common? They’re products pitched by students from the…
New Our Chatham/ Chatham News + Record podcast will focus on adolescent mental health
The Chatham News + Record and Our Chatham—the Reese Innovation Lab student-staffed news initiative—have joined forces on a podcast venture called The Chatcast, which will explore newsworthy Chatham County topics over a season of episodes. The first season, “The Age…
PODCAST: Penny Abernathy talks sustainability in local news
Michael O’Connell of the It’s All Journalism podcast caught up with Penny Abernathy on Nov. 19 for an interview after the UNC Knight Chair in Journalism and Digital Media Economics’s moderation of a panel on the future of local news…
Penny Abernathy talks about the decline of local news on new Gallup podcast
LISTEN to this “Out of the Echo Chamber” podcast in which UNC Hussman Knight Chair in Journalism and Digital Economics Penny Abernathy explores the decline of local news with host Jonathan T. Rothwell. Abernathy’s chat with Rothwell comes on the…
CISLM (virtually) welcomes back third Table Stakes cohort
As the UNC Center for Innovation and Sustainability in Local Media gears up for the Aug. 25-26 virtual meeting of the third cohort of the UNC-Knight Foundation Newsroom Initiative, take a look back at this piece in which participating media…
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 delivers news to Chatham County, North Carolina, via a website and newsletter, uses audience-driven reporting as one way to reach readers. Events are another. On Oct. 25, 2019, Our Chatham…
First joint event sponsored by two UNC Knight Centers
The first joint event sponsored by UNC’s two Knight Centers was held Thursday, Oct. 3 at the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media. The Center for Information, Technology and Public Life and the Center for Innovation and Sustainability in…
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 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…