By Catherine Komp, NC Local Newsletter Editor Forty-two years ago, residents of Warren County, NC stood up to the state’s plan to dump 10,000 truckloads of toxic PCBs in their community. Black women like Dollie Burwell mobilized neighbors to defend…
By Catherine Komp, NC Local Newsletter Editor Local news and information organizations face a number of challenges in reaching the public during this critical election year. There’s news fatigue and avoidance, dis- and misinformation, mistrust and of course, polarization. A…
By Catherine Komp, Newsletter Editor At last year’s LION Sustainability Meetup in Durham, award winner and founder of Shasta Scout Annelise Pierce was candid in her acceptance remarks: “LION got me thinking about P&Ls and other dumb sh*t. And I’m…
By Catherine Komp, Newsletter Editor In a new three part series, Out of Sight, WUNC’s Jason deBruyn examines North Carolina’s psychiatric residential treatment facilities or PRTFs. More than 1100 children were enrolled in these facilities in 2023. Kids in the…
By Catherine Komp, NC Local Newsletter Editor Six years ago, award-winning journalist and news leader Melanie Sill saw a gap that needed to be filled in the news and information ecosystem: In NC, and nationally, local news is under tremendous…