The Center for Innovation and Sustainability in Local Media’s Director Erica Beshears Perel recently spoke with the American Press Institute’s Better News site about effective partnerships for local media and resilience.
Perel evaluated a failure from her time with UNC Table Stakes graduate The Daily Tar Heel where an exciting local partnership yielded little impact. Perel said that, as a result of the failure, the organization has revised how it approaches partnerships with local companies.
Additionally, Perel said the organization is now more resilient, as it had to learn how to course-correct to a new definition of success.
Knoxville News Executive Editor and UNC Table Stakes graduate Joel Christopher also discussed how the paper’s struggle and visible failure to connect with communities of color forced the organization to find better solutions and effectively meet audiences where they are
Christopher said that many large problems can’t be fixed overnight, emphasizing the need for resilience within organizations.
Read the full article from Better News here.