By Eric Frederick, NC Local Newsletter Editor Triad City Beat, a 9-year-old free news source based in Greensboro, is broadening its mission — while holding tight to its sensibilities as a feisty urban alt-weekly. TCB, which appears weekly in print…
Meredith Clark, associate professor at Northeastern University, and Tracie Powell, CEO and founder of The Pivot Fund, closed the 2023 NC News & Information with a keynote presentation based on their research examining the connections between race, journalism philanthropy and the…
By Shannan Bowen, executive director I know six more people who are well-equipped for leading newsrooms in our state. They’re the recent graduates of the Upward NC leadership development program for media professionals of color, sponsored by the NC Local…
This post is a part of a series of reflections and perspectives about local news and information strategies for 2023 that will help achieve a shared vision for our state’s ecosystem. Read more about the shared vision and collection of…
This post is part of a series of reflections and perspectives about local news and information strategies for 2023 that will help achieve a shared vision for our state’s ecosystem. Read more about the shared vision and collection of perspectives here.…
This post is part of a series of reflections and perspectives about local news and information strategies for 2023 that will help achieve a shared vision for our state’s ecosystem. Read more about the shared vision and collection of perspectives…
By Shannan Bowen, Executive Director, NC Local News Workshop In March, just after our 2022 News & Information Summit, the NC Local News Workshop and the NC Local News Lab Fund brought together dozens of people working in NC’s news…
This column highlights the 2022 Diversity Audit for NC Newsrooms, a partnership between the NC Local News Workshop and UNC’s Center for Innovation and Sustainability in Local Media. You can view the full research report and analysis here. By Shannan…
By Fiona Morgan, Consultant to the Workshop Collaboration and connection were the major themes in a conversation about local news and information held just before Thanksgiving on the campus of Western Carolina University in a rural, mountainous part of…
By Gabriela Rivas-De Leon, NC Local News Workshop Intern I was recently navigating newsroom directories and noticed new titles that haven’t been commonplace over the past several years, especially here in North Carolina. You’ve still got your traditional beat…
