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EdNC’s award-winning N.C. community college coverage inspired by UNC Table Stakes initiative
For EducationNC, taking part in the second cohort of the UNC-Knight Foundation Table Stakes Newsroom Initiative proved a fruitful path, pivoting the digital organization’s thinking about audience engagement and leading to an award-winning, week-long road trip to all of North Carolina’s 58…
Steven King wins UNC’s C. Felix Harvey Award for pediatric patient AR video game
UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media Assistant Professor Steven King has been awarded the University’s prestigious C. Felix Harvey award for his work on “Adventure Squad,” an augmented reality video game that keeps hospitalized pediatric patients mobile and empowered, all while turning them…
CISLM staff members add talents to Quartz’s 2050 Project
Steven King, assistant professor with the Center for Innovation and Sustainability in Local Media, based in the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media, developed 3D modeling of a well-known Raleigh building for Quartz’s 2050 Project. King, who teaches interactive and multimedia…
UNC Table Stakes partner leads news collaboration investigating N.C. sexual assault conviction rates
As the #MeToo movement amplifies dialogue about the prevalence and impunity of sexual assault throughout the nation, Carolina Public Press has led a collaborative effort among 10 other news organizations to start a crucial part of the conversation here in North Carolina.…
Modeling the future in 3D
Assistant Professor Steven King and his team recently took part in an exciting endeavor, creating a 3D model of London’s Hope Gardens, a temporary housing development built from shipping containers, for Quartz’s 2050 Project. The 2050 Project is an exploration of creative solutions to the challenges…
UNC Media Hub examines N.C. news deserts
UNC Media Hub recently featured Knight Chair in Journalism and Digital Media Economics Penny Abernathy’s research in its story “Threat of ‘news deserts’ in North Carolina is changing the media landscape.” The article examines North Carolina’s loss of local newspapers through…
CISLM holds fact-checking workshop
A group of students convened on the third floor of Carroll Hall last week to learn the facts of fact-checking from some of the best in the industry. “Fact-checking is its own unique art form,” said Associate Professor Ryan Thornburg,…
Penny Abernathy appears on PBS NewsHour
Knight Chair in Journalism and Digital Media Economics Penny Abernathy was a guest on PBS NewsHour Jan. 31. She joined host Judy Woodruff and fellow guest Steve Cavendish, editor of the Nashville Banner, to talk about the dangers news deserts pose for society. “Some essential information that we need as citizens and…
Penny Abernathy appears on ‘Arizona Horizon’
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…
UNC-Knight Foundation Table Stakes Newsroom Initiative cohort meets
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…
Penny Abernathy appears on ‘Focus Carolina’
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…
A Fourth Generation Journalist Continues the Family Tradition
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…