The Center for Innovation and Sustainability in Local Media provides current and future media leaders with the tools and analysis to succeed in a rapidly changing environment.
The UNC-Knight Foundation Table Stakes Newsroom Initiative helps advance media organizations through digital transformation and development of sustainable business models.
The yearlong program helped media organizations identify challenges and opportunities, as well as create sustainable solutions to survive and thrive in the digital age.
Elections Funnel Training Series
Spanning throughout 2024, this hybrid program helped 11 newsrooms across the Southeast convert key audiences and new readers into loyal news consumers.
Partnerships to train local journalists
We often work with other news and journalism support organizations to create targeted, timely trainings, using UNC-Chapel Hill as a central meeting point.
Latest Education blogs
Eight UNC-Knight Table Stakes newsrooms receive Press Forward grants
Eight independent news outlets that completed the UNC-Knight Table Stakes program received grants from the first round of the national Press Forward grants, according to the list of grantees announced by Press Forward.
How a partnership with the Economic Development Authority grew revenue for a local news org and local businesses in VA
Henrico Citizen’s Small Business Boost program chose 20 small businesses to receive a three-month email and social media ad campaign and training on how to improve ad reach.
Six ways to stay safe, from journalism safety experts
Topics from the sessions included risk assessment and mitigation, personal security, active shooter, protests, legal/know your rights, and psychosocial/mental health awareness.
New wins from UNC Table Stakes alumni organizations
The wins keep coming for news organizations that recently completed the UNC-Knight Foundation Table Stakes Initiative.