CISLM has teamed with the NC Local News Workshop to create a series of workshops, conversations and events, titled “Workplace Resilience: Building Better Newsrooms.”
Author: Erica Perel
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…
Could Congress act to support local news? A flurry of activity creates optimism
By Andrea Lorenz Nenque There seems to be little groundswell of general public support for the government to help ailing local news outlets or news deserts, despite the important role local news has played in the past year during the…