When Karen Howard’s family moved back to their native Bahamas during her childhood, her parents made a point of reading the local newspaper with their children. Now, as an adult, Howard knows that strong local news sources will help Chatham…
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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 Journalism and Media recently lent their talents to a Time Magazine app that lets viewers see inside the heart of the Amazon Rain forest, which is vanishing at a rapid…
King unveils robotic journalist at ONA conference in New Orleans
Technology is changing every aspect of 21st-century journalism, including who (or what) can be called a journalist. This week, Associate Professor Steven King unveiled RoboJ, an experimental robot journalist he developed, at the Online News Association‘s annual conference being held in New…
Our Chatham holds Sept. 11 community conversation
Our Chatham was recently in the news thanks to a community conservation the student-staffed Reese Innovation Lab news venture held on poverty’s effect on education in Chatham County Sept. 11. Both the Chatham News + Record, which co-hosted the event, as…
CISLM (virtually) welcomes UNC Table Stakes Cohort 3 May 19-20
The UNC Center for Innovation and Sustainability in Local Media welcomed 13 media organizations this week for the third cohort of the UNC-Knight Foundation Table Stakes Newsroom Initiative. The initiative focuses on audience engagement and creating sustainable revenue streams during…
Our Chatham community conversation set for Sept. 11 in Siler City
Our Chatham, the student-staffed Reese Innovation 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 Sept. 11, Our Chatham will host…
King to help find (hidden) stars of science with Morehead Planetarium
Steven King, chief innovation officer for the Reese Innovation Lab, will lend his virtual reality expertise to a five-year $2.86 million grant project recently awarded to Morehead Planetarium & Science Center by the National Science Foundation. The Morehead Planetarium project,…
Better News profiles UNC Table Stakes participant The Daily Tar Heel’s collaboration with Duke University’s The Chronicle
How the UNC-Duke rivalry helped two nonprofit student newspapers collaborate — and make revenue
Strategic Digital Media Entrepreneur
Revolutionary new technologies are compelling news organizations to recreate their business models or be left in history’s wake. The Strategic Digital Media Entrepreneur is packed with practical insights and guidance on all aspects of the business of media. Explore case…
Reese Innovation Lab Adventure Squad app in the news
UNC’s University Communications recently ran a story about UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media Assistant Professor Steven King‘s “Adventure Squad” app, an augmented reality video game that keeps hospitalized pediatric patients mobile and empowered, allowing them to play an interactive…