As part of an ongoing series of articles profiling success stories of the Table Stakes Newsroom initiative, Better News examined the collaboration led by Carolina Public Press of 11 North Carolina media organizations that investigated sexual assault conviction rates in…
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Penny Abernathy’s news deserts research cited in USA Today article
CISLM’s Penny Abernathy’s research is cited in this USA Today article about the decline of local media. Read the full article.
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Reese Innovation Lab initiative brings audience-driven news to Chatham County
How do you know what your audience wants? You ask them. Online, at community meetings or in the middle of a farmers’ market with a clipboard in your hand—that’s where Alexis Allston stood last summer in Chatham County, as she…
Welcome our 2019 Media Innovation Fellows
The Center for Innovation and Sustainability in Local Media at the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media would like to welcome Reese Innovation Lab’s Media Innovation Fellows for summer 2019. The fellows will work on projects ranging from augmented and…
EdNC’s award-winning N.C. community college coverage inspired by UNC Table Stakes initiative
For EducationNC, taking part in the second cohort of the UNC-Knight Foundation Table Stakes Newsroom Initiative proved a fruitful path, pivoting the digital organization’s thinking about audience engagement and leading to an award-winning, week-long road trip to all of North Carolina’s 58…
Steven King wins UNC’s C. Felix Harvey Award for pediatric patient AR video game
UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media Assistant Professor Steven King has been awarded the University’s prestigious C. Felix Harvey award for his work on “Adventure Squad,” an augmented reality video game that keeps hospitalized pediatric patients mobile and empowered, all while turning them…
CISLM staff members add talents to Quartz’s 2050 Project
Steven King, assistant professor with the Center for Innovation and Sustainability in Local Media, based in the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media, developed 3D modeling of a well-known Raleigh building for Quartz’s 2050 Project. King, who teaches interactive and multimedia…
UNC Table Stakes partner leads news collaboration investigating N.C. sexual assault conviction rates
As the #MeToo movement amplifies dialogue about the prevalence and impunity of sexual assault throughout the nation, Carolina Public Press has led a collaborative effort among 10 other news organizations to start a crucial part of the conversation here in North Carolina.…








