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A person presenting on community-centered journalism; Giving Tuesday reminder for NC Local supporters
An infographic titled "Brad’s tips for communicating about wildfire season" presents six key wildfire communication tips with corresponding emojis: 🔥 Explain seasonal fire risks: North Carolina (NC) experiences two fire seasons (spring and fall) due to dry vegetation and increased winds. 🚗 Highlight the human causes: Causes include debris, open burning, equipment, and vehicle malfunctions. Chains dragging from vehicles and hot mufflers can ignite dry grass. 🚫 Regularly update burn ban details: Clearly communicate when, where, and why burn bans apply. 🏡 Provide year-round home safety measures: Homeowners should use fire-resistant landscaping, trim brush, keep trees away from structures, and clean gutters to prevent ember ignition. 📍 Emphasize emergency readiness: Encourage making an evacuation plan, preparing a fire safety kit, and knowing evacuation routes. 🔔 Stay informed: Help people sign up for and understand evacuation alerts, which may arrive unexpectedly, even at night.
A table displaying information about multiple wildfires across North Carolina (NC), South Carolina (SC), and Tennessee (TN). The table includes columns such as wildfire name, county, state, fire discovery date, percentage contained, size in acres, estimated cost to date, estimated population, and estimated housing units. Some fires have known containment percentages and costs, while others are still marked as "unknown." The largest fire listed appears to be "Table Rock Complex" in Greenville, SC, covering 6,109 acres, with an estimated cost of $506,000.
A graphic with a dark teal background features a quote in white and light purple text from Colleen Murphy of Open Campus. The quote reads: 'We’ve seen the power of having people on the ground who can explain what’s at stake: what’s changing and what’s unclear, what questions people have, how a university president is or isn’t responding or defending the work that they’re doing in this moment. What is playing out right now is really significant and having local reporting on this really, really matters.' The NC Local logo appears at the bottom. On the right side of the image, there is a circular cutout containing a photograph of Colleen Murphy, a smiling woman with shoulder-length wavy brown hair, wearing a denim jacket over a black top, standing outdoors
A lavender graphic with "Thank you" at the top; a heart shape in the middle with a colorful graphic representation of the NC News Summit with hand written text and drawings, NC Local's logo at the bottom.
A graphic in shades of blue and green with a mountain image in the background. The image is mostly text, including this description of the session: Movement journalism seeks to address and challenge the anti-Black harm and norms that exist in the field of journalism and reimagine the relationship between media makers and the communities they report on. Attend to learn about how movement journalism helps connect with communities, builds trust and allows for deeper audience engagement. Facilitated by Nada Merghani and Nadeen Bir, Press On Media.
A pink, red and white flyer with pink ginkgo leaves at the top left and bottom right corners; a trio of silhouettes in the middle. The text says: Women in Journalism NC Trailblazers panel. Moderated by Erica Perez, Tiny News Collective. The date and and location is at the bottom as well as the names of the panelists. It also says "free entry."
A graphic in shades of blue and green with a mountain image in the background. The image is mostly text, describing a legal clinic for newsrooms. The text reads: ProJourn is organizing a series of Legal Checkup Clinics for Summit attendees who sign up in advance. During these clinics, attorneys will assess news organizations’ legal health by reviewing a checklist developed with the support of the firm Davis Wright Tremaine. This checklist includes a review of business models, governance, fundraising guidelines, media liability, intellectual property, and privacy. For more information and to sign up visit bit.ly/SummitLegalCheckup
A graphic in shades of blue and green with a mountain image in the background. The image is mostly text and reads: "Featuring a keynote opening spotlighting the unwavering local news coverage in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in Western NC and the journalists, information providers and supporters who served as a lifeline for their communities. More sessions announced soon!" It also provides a link to register: bit.ly/ncsummit25
A graphic in shades of blue and green with a mountain image in the background. The image is mostly text, describing the Data Secrets of Political Scientists session. The text reads: "How liberal is Jeff Jackson? How conservative is Richard Hudson? How many people of color voted in the 2024 election in North Carolina? Who had their ballots rejected because of North Carolina's voter ID Law? Bring your questions and a laptop for an interactive session to find the answers. Facilitated by Chris Cooper, Western Carolina University"
A burgundy and white quote card with a faded image of grasses, water and a sunset in the background with this quote on top in white font: “At a time when some have politicized diversity, equity and inclusion, we’re leaning in. We will continue to strengthen our commitment to supporting newsrooms’ work—and our own—to represent and engage communities through listening, relationship-building, reporting, editorial strategies and staff development.”
A graphic in shades of green showing mountains in the background with the text “A lifeline for Western NC: The essential role of local news and transparency during Hurricane Helene.” The graphic lists WNC panels, moderator Dean Baquet and has a portrait of Baquet wearing a dark suit coat, light colored shirt and gray tie and gesticulating, holding both his arms and hands up.
A green and white graphic with the text: "Pitch deadline extended," a bit.ly link, brief description of types of sessions and "submissions due by Jan. 13."
A burgundy and white graphic with the text: “Anti-Racist Table Stakes: a framework to bridge editorial and business needs for more equitable, community-focused newsrooms.” The graphic includes a portrait of Cierra Brown Hinton wearing a lavender top, long brown hair and smiling and NC Local News Workshop’s and CISLM’s logos at the bottom.
A green and white graphic with the text: "Pitch deadline extended," a bit.ly link, brief description of types of sessions and "submissions due by Jan. 13."
A burgundy and white graphic featuring a portrait of Laura Lee, head slightly turned, smiling, with long straight brown hair, a dark blazer and blue top. Her quote reads: “The thing I'm most proud of is how the team came together [during Helene] and how in tune they were and are and continue to be to what the community really needs. I don't have to remind them to put that first. And I think that's a really positive and valuable service to the community.” At the very bottom is NC Local’s burgundy and white logo.
A burgundy and white quote card featuring a portrait of Pate McMichael wearing a light Oxford shirt, light brown hair and a mustache and goatee, smiling and pictured outdoors. His quote reads: “The partisanship that's going on is distracting from the fact that we are losing access to speak truth to power, to hold our government accountable. That should disturb everybody when lawmakers suddenly decide they don't have to do what generations of lawmakers did before them and respect the public records law.” At the very bottom is NC Local’s burgundy and white logo.
A burgundy and white quote card featuring a slightly tilted heart shaped word cloud in the middle containing words extracted from gratitude posts from NC local journalists. The larger words include: Thankful, support, NC, journalist, grateful, community, local and news. There is white text surrounding the graphic that says: From the heart, the people & partnerships in the NC news & information ecosystem.
A burgundy and white graphic with the text: “Anti-Racist Table Stakes: a framework to bridge editorial and business needs for more equitable, community-focused newsrooms.” The graphic includes a portrait of Cierra Brown Hinton wearing a lavender top, long brown hair and smiling and NC Local News Workshop’s and CISLM’s logos at the bottom.
A burgundy and white quote card featuring a portrait of Rend Smith outside with buildings in the background. Rend is wearing an olive green colored shirt, short hair and a short cropped beard and mustache. His quote reads “One of the things that we've learned from Shoresides is that communities generate their own information. We want to get our information into the hands of the people who need it, [but we also] really want to get what they are saying and what they are seeing out to everyone else.” At the very bottom is NC Local’s burgundy and white logo.
A burgundy and white quote card with a lightened opacity image in the background of two hands planting a green seedling. The quote is from Sam Ragland, is in white font and reads: "What I'm talking about may not create a donor immediately. What I'm talking about may not create an article for your website immediately. But it will shore you up. It will remind you why you're doing this work. It will refill your resilience bank. It will connect you with people in a way that enables you to push forward."
A screen shot of Bluesky's graphic to promote starter packs, which is blue and white and includes avatars for six news orgs and journalists with NC Local's logo in the middle.