Connecting, Convening & Capacity Building
The NC Local News Workshop connects, convenes, and builds capacity for people and organizations advancing transformative approaches to journalism and civic information as a public service for all North Carolina residents.
Annual Statewide Summit
Join the Workshop and the NC Open Government Coalition for its annual statewide news and information summit in March.
Media Equity
Our NC Media Equity Project helps news organizations tackle diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, from internal policies to content strategy to leadership development.
Community Listening
Our research helps newsrooms learn more about the news and information needs of communities across our state.
Our Mission
Connect
To join others across the ecosystem of local news and information, through the NC Local weekly email newsletter and by facilitating partnerships, networking, and collaboration.
Convene
To support journalistic quality, inclusiveness, problem-solving, innovation, and professional dialogue.
Build
To build capacity through resource links and connections, coaching, and assistance for organizations tackling individual or collective challenges.
Ecosystem News
Learn more about what’s happening at the Workshop, including industry news, features on journalists throughout the state and more.
Sunlight in peril: What you need to know about unprecedented changes to NC public records law
By Catherine Komp, NC Local Newsletter Editor Who in state government is a champion of transparency and who has something to hide? We may learn those answers following last week’s 11th hour insertion of provisions in the state budget bill that drastically change the public’s right to information about the state lawmakers they put in […]
One year in, WUNC leader Paul Hunton shares insights on growth, audience, DEIB progress and soon-to-launch shows
By Catherine Komp, NC Local Newsletter Editor Paul Hunton says one of the greatest surprises about his first year as president and general manager of WUNC is the job “came as advertised.” “What the search committee had talked about and what the search firm had talked about was really the reality I found on the […]
Enlace Latino NC marks five year milestone of audience-focused, Spanish-language news
By Catherine Komp, NC Local Editor When Paola Jaramillo and Walter Gómez launched Enlace Latino NC in 2018, they had extensive resumes in journalism and a $75,000 grant from the NC Local News Lab Fund. They also had a strong mission: to produce public service journalism in Spanish and encourage their audience to be more […]