Students at UNC Chapel Hill are developing new ways for journalists to tell stories in an industry where newsrooms are shrinking and information is abundant. They must become entrepreneurs in order to succeed, says their professor Kate Sheppard.
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Our latest exclusive events wrapup summarizes the must-attend happenings across the Triangle through the end of the year, including a handful of industry-specific meetups, informative workshops, conferences, panels, and more.
Read MoreI’ve spent a good portion of my startup career pushing content. The first time I ever went out totally on my own, I founded Intrepid Media, the first social network for writers. It was a modestly successful venture that would go on to win a ton of awards, send me all over the country, and produce a handful of New York Times Best Selling Authors. Oh, and it made a bunch of money. While Intrepid financially and technically paved the way for almost everything I did later, I never exited. I also never raised a single dollar...
Read MoreA group of UNC Chapel Hill students passed up typical summer jobs in recent months to labor in the basement of the UNC’s journalism school developing entrepreneurial ideas to improve the North Carolina court system, digitize classroom debates and help Realtors sell more homes. They’re part of the three-year-old Reese News Lab, a School of Media and Journalism initiative to develop new business models for the modern media world. Only students “who are willing to run through walls, stand up and take another run when they get knocked down” are accepted into the program, says the lab’s executive director, John Clark. They are paid a stipend for...
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