Center for Innovation & Sustainability in Local Media
UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media
Penny Abernathy Knight Chair in Journalism and Digital Media Economics Penelope Muse Abernathy appeared on the Arizona PBS show “Arizona Horizon” this week, where she talked about her research on U.S. news deserts, speaking with host Ted Simons about the…
Ten media organizations representing the spectrum of the industry took part in a Jan. 22-23 UNC-Knight Foundation Table Stakes Newsroom Initiative gathering at the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media, focusing on how to innovate, sustain and succeed in…
Take a listen as Penny Abernathy talks news deserts and how local media can continue to succeed in the 21st century’s changing media landscape in this interview with WCHL’s “Focus Carolina” show. Abernathy, Knight Chair in Journalism and Digital Media…
Margaret High grew up in the newsroom of the Pulitzer Prize-winning News Reporter in Whiteville, North Carolina. She’s the fourth generation in a newspaper family. Her great-grandfather, grandfather and father have all had a hand in leading the paper that…
Read the preface of the new report by Penny Abernathy, The Expanding News Desert, below and then check out the rest of the report and find out if you live in a news desert at usnewsdeserts.com. From our very…
Honolulu Civil Beat, a news site focused on public life in Hawaii, came to life in 2010 through the support of a major philanthropist. Both he and the staff of this startup believed it was destined to be a for-profit venture.…
While earning her master’s degree in journalism at Columbia University, Andaiye Taylor discovered that she had a passion for reporting stories about her hometown, Newark, N.J. In 2013, she launched Brick City Live, an online news startup that quickly won awards and community acclaim.…
The Internet has blurred the line between the ways media enterprises have traditionally been defined. Successful media organizations attract, retain and grow an audience through a variety of platforms. In this case study, William R. “Bill” Barker – Florida southwest…
A national organization dedicated to increasing and retaining reporters and editors of color in the field of investigative reporting will now be based at UNC-Chapel Hill, the School of Media and Journalism announced on Thursday. The Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting works…
Our own definition of “news desert” at UNC has evolved since we published our first report The Rise of a New Media Baron and the Emerging Threat of News Deserts in 2016. In that report, we noted that with the…