/tags/local-news Local ¹ÏÉñapp en-US Copyright Tue, 16 Mar 2021 20:00:53 GMT /podcast/podcast-wuncpolitics/2021-03-16/can-you-irrigate-a-news-desert More than half of North Carolina’s counties are considered a news desert – with depleted local journalism. On this episode of The Politics Podcast: what could be done to fill the news void and how the emergence of social media has reshaped how politicians share their message. Tue, 16 Mar 2021 20:00:53 GMT /podcast/podcast-wuncpolitics/2021-03-16/can-you-irrigate-a-news-desert Jeff Tiberii, Charlie Shelton-Ormond /podcast/podcast-wuncpolitics/2021-03-02/traditional-emerging-slimy-the-fractured-ground-of-north-carolina-political-news North Carolinians have plenty of options for political news. From traditional newspaper and television outlets, to newer online-only non-profit outposts.… Tue, 02 Mar 2021 23:05:43 GMT /podcast/podcast-wuncpolitics/2021-03-02/traditional-emerging-slimy-the-fractured-ground-of-north-carolina-political-news Jeff Tiberii /business-economy/2020-04-30/big-stories-small-budgets-heres-what-journalists-are-dealing-with-during-the-pandemic As death tolls rise, new testing information surfaces and doctors race to find a vaccine for COVID-19, breaking news is not in short supply. The constant… Thu, 30 Apr 2020 16:12:48 GMT /business-economy/2020-04-30/big-stories-small-budgets-heres-what-journalists-are-dealing-with-during-the-pandemic Kaia Findlay, Anita Rao /show/the-state-of-things/2020-04-30/big-stories-small-budgets-heres-what-journalists-are-dealing-with-during-the-pandemic As death tolls rise, new testing information surfaces and doctors race to find a vaccine for COVID-19, breaking news is not in short supply. The constant… Thu, 30 Apr 2020 16:12:48 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-04-30/big-stories-small-budgets-heres-what-journalists-are-dealing-with-during-the-pandemic Kaia Findlay, Anita Rao