Internal and external factors can speed or slow the journey, and sometimes, the bus – the engine of change – breaks down.
Author: Erica Perel
What we learned about NC journalism workforce
The Diversity Audit of NC Newsrooms sent us on a project of discovery this year and has yielded information that will help us serve journalists, communities and newsrooms — next year and beyond.
CISLM, NC Local News Workshop collaborating on education series focused on ‘Building Better Newsrooms’
CISLM has teamed with the NC Local News Workshop to create a series of workshops, conversations and events, titled “Workplace Resilience: Building Better Newsrooms.”
From the director: Local news jobs should be sustainable, too
Our vision is this: To help build a more equitable and sustainable future for local news, the journalists who make it and the communities that need it.
Q&A with Scalawag’s Cierra Hinton on the future of funding for journalism nonprofits
CISLM Director Erica Beshears Perel spoke with Cierra Hinton to discuss nonprofit journalism funding, the difference between community and audience and what it means to pursue journalism described as “reparative, just and equitable.”
News & Observer’s Managing Editor on adding staff, investing in print
By Erica Perel This week, Raleigh’s News & Observer announced a new investment in its print product: 14 additional pages in “reimagined” Wednesday and Sunday print editions, powered by a larger newsroom, including six new jobs announced in August. The…