Over the last decade, there have been significant shifts in how news is packaged, how news is consumed and how news is paid for or sold. But, how have hiring practices of newsrooms changed — if at all — in…
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Family-owned Adams Publishing rises in ranks alongside large, corporate investors owning newspapers
For the past decade, the number of family-owned newspapers has drastically dropped as the business of owning print media becomes less profitable. The vast majority of newspapers are bought by large investment entities with millions, sometimes billions, of dollars in…
NC Votes launches with goal of informing voters in North Carolina through open data
NC-Votes.org launches this week with the goal of finding ways to make public election data useful to citizens and journalists who want to better understand North Carolina’s dynamic political environment. Ryan Thornburg, associate professor at the UNC Hussman School of…
Podcast: Melody Kramer reveals great potential for open data collaboration in newsrooms
Since August, Reese Innovation Lab Fellow Melody Kramer has interviewed journalists across North Carolina and compiled research for the Carolina Data Desk. Open data is a resource currently underutilized by community newsrooms because it requires time and extra resources — two things…
The Nation takes notice of newspaper ownership, highlights North Carolina success stories
The Nation magazine recently published an article by Julie Reynolds featuring Penelope Muse Abernathy’s research into newspaper ownership. The article also features North Carolina newspaper The Pilot — which just won best community newspaper for the third year in a…
Desirability, feasibility, viability: Students mimic startup accelerator to inspire love of entrepreneurship
To an outsider, “MEJO 463: Creating Tomorrow’s Products” might appear to be more at home in the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School. But to anyone involved in the news and media industry, the course is exactly what juniors and seniors…
Abernathy sharing business insights with Texas papers
Penelope Muse Abernathy, Knight Chair in Journalism & Digital Economics, will lead a series of workshops at the Texas Center for Community Journalism at Texas Christian University this Friday, October 13, 2017. Abernathy will share insights gleaned from decades of…
Ryan Thornburg on using open data to build tools for community journalism
An industry changing as quickly as the journalism and media industry must develop new ways of doing business in order to survive. Open data may be a very significant piece of that puzzle. Ryan Thornburg, director of the Reese Innovation…
How does newspaper ownership affect coverage of hurricanes?
Recent hurricanes in Texas, Florida and Mexico have made this year the worst since 2005 in terms of number of storms and storm strength. In parts of eastern North Carolina, residents are sympathetic to those affected by Hurricanes Harvey…
Media Innovation Fellows use data and technology to improve local media
Over the summer, five recent UNC-Chapel Hill School of Media and Journalism graduates led projects at local media companies in North Carolina to help them embrace new technologies and respond to changing consumer needs. The Reese Innovation Lab, managed by…