https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog daily 0.75 2026-02-10 https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/local-news-and-information-saves-lives-stories-from-hurricane-helene monthly 0.5 2026-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17f1e16ea9e1101f7563d/739dfffb-0c5d-4fdc-85c9-84eb8186783b/JMPRO+SMN+MX+%281%29.png Updates - Local News and Information Saves Lives: Stories from Hurricane Helene - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17f1e16ea9e1101f7563d/c1a3e661-2705-4be8-94bb-21a57801d683/WNCHN+NL+BPR+%281%29.png Updates - Local News and Information Saves Lives: Stories from Hurricane Helene - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17f1e16ea9e1101f7563d/0afad63e-8e0d-468c-ad8b-8913a5bee869/HC+CIMA+ENC+%281%29.png Updates - Local News and Information Saves Lives: Stories from Hurricane Helene - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/in-their-words-how-local-news-and-information-mattered-up-in-2025 monthly 0.5 2026-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17f1e16ea9e1101f7563d/c8bda76d-f6f1-4022-974b-d806ad8bb198/Magaly+Ricky+Sam+%281%29.png Updates - In Their Words: How Local News and Information Mattered in 2025 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17f1e16ea9e1101f7563d/8b1b64ef-bc6f-4fa4-8aed-73cdb75c5b2f/Flor+Pao+Nora+Kate.png Updates - In Their Words: How Local News and Information Mattered in 2025 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17f1e16ea9e1101f7563d/ce9af826-39bc-429d-881d-479d6d2d6a84/Ju-Don+Rebecca+Natalie+Lackisha+Glenn+%281%29.png Updates - In Their Words: How Local News and Information Mattered in 2025 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17f1e16ea9e1101f7563d/5644f3ec-58ac-4e81-b35b-153b897b8904/Antionette+Nick+Chris+Katie+Lizzy+%281%29.png Updates - In Their Words: How Local News and Information Mattered in 2025 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/place-pace-progress-an-invitation-to-the-medium-term monthly 0.5 2025-11-12 https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/november-2025-grants monthly 0.5 2025-12-16 https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/one-year-after-hurricane-helene monthly 0.5 2025-11-11 https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/making-a-new-home-more-accessible-through-expanded-language-access monthly 0.5 2025-11-05 https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/august-2025-grants monthly 0.5 2025-11-03 https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/before-any-storm-invest-in-news-and-information-before-disaster-strikes monthly 0.5 2025-11-11 https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/now-hiring-associate-director-of-funder-partnerships monthly 0.5 2025-03-17 https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/2024-letter-from-the-director monthly 0.5 2024-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17f1e16ea9e1101f7563d/1732200353992-W4PK6LRTGA8UUL60BX0T/20241119_NCLNLF_county+coverage+map.png Updates - Reflections on 2024 and our commitments to you in 2025 - Make it stand out Our grant partners are at work in more than 60 of North Carolina’s 100 counties. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17f1e16ea9e1101f7563d/9dbd4215-93fd-4949-b299-538bac33de13/Lizzy+Hazeltine+Selects-13.jpg Updates - Reflections on 2024 and our commitments to you in 2025 - Onward, Lizzy Hazeltine Director North Carolina Local News Lab Fund https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/october-2024-grants monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/impact-story-you-can-vote monthly 0.5 2024-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17f1e16ea9e1101f7563d/5774a482-36d2-4cdf-ae0f-63a037df5cab/YCV+Civic+Fellow+Emily+%28from+UNC-G%29+registers+a+voter+on+National+Voter+Registration+Day.jpg Updates - Guiding North Carolina’s voters from information to action - Make it stand out You Can Vote Civic Fellow Emily from UNC-Greensboro registers a voter on National Voter Registration Day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17f1e16ea9e1101f7563d/8954b166-1d21-489c-93ef-f5ccd2d992f6/Voter+with+YCV+materials+at+Chapel+Hill+Pride+Promenade.jpg Updates - Guiding North Carolina’s voters from information to action - Make it stand out Voter with You Can Vote materials at Chapel Hill Pride Promenade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17f1e16ea9e1101f7563d/b6db7ee5-df91-4bb2-a267-430c5baef54f/NC+Civic+Fellow+Charmaine+%28from+UNC+CH%29+with+voter+at+Juneteenth+Black+Farmers+Market+event+in+Greensboro.jpg Updates - Guiding North Carolina’s voters from information to action - Make it stand out You Can Vote Civic Fellow Charmaine from UNC-Chapel Hill with voter at Juneteenth Black Farmers Market event in Greensboro. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17f1e16ea9e1101f7563d/d9d9a85e-b689-4b10-8226-5b350ec57719/YCV+Volunteer+Joe+at+Durham+Farmers+Market.jpg Updates - Guiding North Carolina’s voters from information to action - Make it stand out You Can Vote volunteer Joe at Durham Farmers Market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17f1e16ea9e1101f7563d/d2b61541-7b14-484b-80f1-7770a38d60f2/Families+at+Vision+Forward+School+Supply+Giveaway+in+New+Bern.jpg Updates - Guiding North Carolina’s voters from information to action - Make it stand out A family at Vision Forward School Supply Giveaway in New Bern. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17f1e16ea9e1101f7563d/4c00c739-9fa8-4af1-bf90-5e6ee32b7e8a/YCV+Organizer+Lily+educates+voters+at+Carrboro+Pride+Dance+Party_2.jpg Updates - Guiding North Carolina’s voters from information to action - Make it stand out You Can Vote Organizer Lily educates voters at Carrboro Pride Dance Party. https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/hurricane-helene-information monthly 0.5 2024-11-26 https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/september-2024-press-forward-charlotte monthly 0.5 2024-10-01 https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/july-2024-grant-application-release monthly 0.5 2024-09-04 https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/july-august-2024-grant-details monthly 0.5 2024-10-01 https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/march-2024-grant-cycle monthly 0.5 2024-04-23 https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/three-learnings-from-place-based-ecosystem-funding monthly 0.5 2024-04-23 https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/press-forward-local-north-carolina monthly 0.5 2024-02-21 https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/impact-story-jmpro monthly 0.5 2024-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17f1e16ea9e1101f7563d/9f0c4be3-2aab-458a-92b0-89f7822dbc35/Boletines.jpg Updates - Information access powered by a multi-channel media strategy - Make it stand out JMPRO distributes its boletines in Spanish and K’iche in churches, flea markets, and other gathering places, like this tienda in Morganton, NC. 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During the session, A Visual Approach created this graphic recording. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17f1e16ea9e1101f7563d/6e483237-8294-467f-a0d4-afd29441df5e/Lizzy-Hazeltine_headshot_square.jpg Updates - Pivotal milestones in 2022, and how we’ll advance our shared vision in 2023 - Onward, Lizzy Hazeltine Fund Director North Carolina Local News Lab Fund https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/oct-2022-grant-awards monthly 0.5 2023-09-07 https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/million-dollar-gift-from-the-kate-b-reynolds-charitable-trust monthly 0.5 2022-10-20 https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/2022-grant-application-details monthly 0.5 2022-07-27 https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/growing-coalition-of-funders-investing-in-sustainable-inclusive-networks-to-inform-everyone-in-north-carolina-new-round-of-grant-applications-open-in-july monthly 0.5 2022-06-16 https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/case-study-border-belt-independent monthly 0.5 2023-08-29 https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/case-study-nc-local-news-workshop monthly 0.5 2022-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17f1e16ea9e1101f7563d/627b986a-adc5-4c22-bc28-2569c1d32dc8/Anton-Delgado-Juneteenth-Protest.jpg Updates - The NC Local News Workshop launched a paid intern corps, facilitating dozens of newsrooms to republish the coverage for free - Make it stand out Intern, Anton Delgado, at a Juneteenth protest. https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/case-study-roanoke-center monthly 0.5 2022-02-17 https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/case-study-saf monthly 0.5 2022-02-24 https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/case-study-narrative-arts monthly 0.5 2022-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17f1e16ea9e1101f7563d/e9e814c0-8e7b-4d98-951e-e51d9436fa07/WN_Group.jpeg Updates - Training a diverse group of community journalists to address news and media deserts - Make it stand out Coastal Youth Media participants produced first-person stories about the impact of hurricanes and the pandemic on coastal youth with training from North Carolina Health News journalists in September 2019. https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/local-foundations-need-solid-local-journalism-if-they-hope-to-advance-their-missions monthly 0.5 2022-02-16 https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/largest-round-grant-funding monthly 0.5 2022-03-07 https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/post-election-glimmers monthly 0.5 2022-02-10 https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/nc-local-news-lab-fund-awards-615000-in-new-grants-to-21-organizations-across-the-state monthly 0.5 2022-02-16 https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/nc-local-news-workshop monthly 0.5 2022-02-28 https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/fund-local-news-like-the-critical-infrastructure-it-is-and-start-now monthly 0.5 2022-02-10 https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/north-carolina-local-news-lab-fund-deepens-investment-in-local-news-and-information-with-270000-in-new-grants-new-funding-a-new-hire-and-new-ways-of-working monthly 0.5 2022-02-16 https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/nc-local-news-lab-fund-helps-journalism monthly 0.5 2022-02-16 https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/community-organizing-in-the-north-carolina-local-news-ecosystem monthly 0.5 2022-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17f1e16ea9e1101f7563d/1644427704582-DEFVFVO5V5IMNFX6ZQ7A/36736632381_74b5722520_c.jpeg Updates - Community organizing in the North Carolina local news ecosystem - Make it stand out Alicia Bell (right) listens to a participant in “The News Charlotte Needs” public forum at Johnson C. Smith University. Photo by Jonathan Cooper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17f1e16ea9e1101f7563d/101080c5-880e-4a25-8768-b641f9d10da0/Screen-Shot-2019-12-06-at-3.40.17-PM.png Updates - Community organizing in the North Carolina local news ecosystem - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17f1e16ea9e1101f7563d/d75dfa0a-7034-4173-af48-0a9d3aca30b8/Screen-Shot-2019-12-06-at-2.33.12-PM.png Updates - Community organizing in the North Carolina local news ecosystem - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/ccf-announces-more-than-300000-in-grant-awards-to-support-local-disaster-recovery-news-and-information monthly 0.5 2022-03-09 https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/grantee-highlight-nclocal monthly 0.5 2022-02-09 https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/nccf-proud-to-administer-nc-local-news-lab-fund monthly 0.5 2022-02-10 https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/this-wilmington-nc-project-is-using-stories-to-link-communities-and-develop-solutions monthly 0.5 2022-02-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17f1e16ea9e1101f7563d/204078db-07f6-48f1-b9b3-bae86dadc906/rend-smith.jpeg Updates - This Wilmington, NC project is using stories to link communities and develop solutions - Make it stand out Rend Smith, Wilmington Media Ecology Project. https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/se-destinan-500000-a-10-proyectos-de-carolina-del-norte-que-redefinen-el-futuro-de-las-noticias-locales monthly 0.5 2022-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17f1e16ea9e1101f7563d/d5e78a93-2fde-4360-be60-9bfc8a2c059a/photo-by-Sekou-Coleman.jpeg Updates - Se destinan $500.000 a 10 proyectos de Carolina del Norte que redefinen el futuro de las noticias locales - Make it stand out Word on the Street/La Voz de los Jóvenes https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/500000-goes-to-10-north-carolina-projects-redefining-the-future-of-local-news monthly 0.5 2022-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17f1e16ea9e1101f7563d/d5e78a93-2fde-4360-be60-9bfc8a2c059a/photo-by-Sekou-Coleman.jpeg Updates - $500,000 goes to 10 North Carolina projects redefining the future of local news - Make it stand out Word on the Street/La Voz de los Jóvenes trainees in Asheville. Photo by Sekou Coleman. https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/how-we-know-journalism-is-good-for-democracy monthly 0.5 2022-02-14 https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/learning-from-north-carolina monthly 0.5 2022-02-14 https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/category/In+The+News monthly 0.5 https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/category/Insights monthly 0.5 https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/category/Grant+Partner+Highlight monthly 0.5 https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/category/Updates monthly 0.5 https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/category/Press+Release monthly 0.5 https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/category/Case+Study monthly 0.5 https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/tag/Grant+application monthly 0.5 https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/tag/Press+Release monthly 0.5 https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/tag/Grantmaking monthly 0.5 https://www.nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/tag/Funding+partners monthly 0.5 https://www.nclocalnews.org/home daily 1.0 2025-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17f1e16ea9e1101f7563d/1643294868235-4170ZX26RE6SJQUSXFL5/Health_News_20.JPG Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17f1e16ea9e1101f7563d/1643294795668-ZKPWPUSQWPX1UVUEA5M7/EnlaceLatinoNC_15.JPG Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17f1e16ea9e1101f7563d/1646060770975-NQI90I1SAYXJLJG0KJED/free-press-IMG_1239.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17f1e16ea9e1101f7563d/c4fa0d99-80a2-4de5-847d-c60ea3c1d1ff/Photo+Courtesy+of+Hola+Carolina+2.jpg https://www.nclocalnews.org/about daily 0.75 2025-01-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17f1e16ea9e1101f7563d/1643911013261-VVWMYJMV4QPCHKZL0RE5/EnlaceLatinoNC_07.JPG About - Equity and Diversity We believe in the power of a more equitable news and information ecosystem to advance justice across race and class. We apply a racial and class equity lens to understand the roots of inequities in local news and information, how these structures persist, and how to dismantle them. We invest in a wide range of trusted messengers in North Carolina that reflect the full spectrum of people and organizations serving our state. We amplify diverse perspectives and stories often excluded or misrepresented in mainstream media. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17f1e16ea9e1101f7563d/1643911081097-ENF5GVI19PY4TTGR1EE3/PortCity_Daily_08.JPG About - Transparency and Accountability We believe that building trust is as essential for organizations serving communities as it is for funders who back them. We are open about our grantmaking process and what we learn from the field with our grant partners. We facilitate opportunities for funders and partners to collaborate in an environment built on integrity and respect. We deliver on what we say, because being a reliable partner is our first job. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17f1e16ea9e1101f7563d/9b722534-4051-4a0f-9ebc-3e4cfcd7d4a7/Khaaliq-Van-Otoo-2-web.jpg About - Accessibility and Inclusion We believe that news and information, coalitions, and philanthropy all work best when we center community needs and leadership. We invest in organizations that increase access to information across language, geography, and other systemic barriers. We strive to make philanthropy and funding more accessible at each point in the grantmaking process. We learn from and regularly engage diverse leaders from across the state in our strategy and funding decisions. https://www.nclocalnews.org/priorities daily 0.75 2025-01-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17f1e16ea9e1101f7563d/71f36715-9ed0-4739-894f-8a5a1f6204bb/nclnl-priorities-icons_Access.png Priorities - Access We believe that everyone in North Carolina should be able to find, trust, and use trustworthy, high-quality news and information that they need to thrive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17f1e16ea9e1101f7563d/940a8eb7-9cf7-48ba-8c96-808cb2793966/nclnl-priorities-icons_collaboration.png Priorities - Collaboration We believe that in a healthy news ecosystem, the whole adds up to more than the sum of its parts. We support efforts to boost collaboration (among newsrooms, nonprofits, funders, and the public), build and strengthen networks, provide new financial resources, and develop shared services that increase sustainability of and access to high-quality news and information. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17f1e16ea9e1101f7563d/62bef34f-5153-464a-b5c4-0f3a688eba46/nclnl-priorities-icons_engaged.png Priorities - Engaged Journalism The fund sees community engagement as core to the sustainability and quality of local news. We will support newsrooms and organizations that are prioritizing community engagement, centering diverse community voices and viewpoints, and working in creative new ways of putting journalism and information to work in people’s daily lives. https://www.nclocalnews.org/our-why daily 0.75 2026-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17f1e16ea9e1101f7563d/a06497dd-5cdb-4871-b638-7f1fda0c8940/Working_Narratives_01.JPG Our Why - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.nclocalnews.org/program-areas daily 0.75 2025-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17f1e16ea9e1101f7563d/cfe70b46-b90b-4ee3-91b6-94500adaf798/Working_Narratives_16.JPG Our Program Areas - Grantmaking At the Fund, we take a community-centered approach to our grantmaking. We invest in a wide range of roles in our news and information ecosystem, with the goal of building a stronger media landscape that serves all of North Carolina. We identify grant partners through structured application processes, ongoing research, and deep engagement with the field — listening, learning, and building relationships across the state. In an effort to minimize the time and energy organizations spend seeking funding, we do not currently accept unsolicited proposals. As our funding allows, we will open calls to new proposals for support. We will share application information on our website and newsletter for those opportunities if and when they occur. 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Meet our funders and grant partners. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17f1e16ea9e1101f7563d/8992e590-c86e-40f9-8903-51b4fb1e0030/Health_News_01.JPG Our Program Areas - Celebrating Success We encourage our grant partners to experiment, learn, track, and share their stories—so that their wins can be celebrated and replicated across the state. Read our case studies to learn about the impact our grant partners are having in their communities. https://www.nclocalnews.org/team daily 0.75 2026-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17f1e16ea9e1101f7563d/d60a46c7-45a4-4518-a22b-da57787b5cb1/Lizzy+Hazeltine.png Team - Lizzy Hazeltine Director Lizzy Hazeltine turns the Fund's strategic statewide vision into effective action by mobilizing funders and partners around local news and information that serves North Carolina's communities. She refines and drives the organization's proven impact model, supports other funders building ecosystems, and carries the banner for Press Forward North Carolina and Press Forward Charlotte. Lizzy helps teams solve real problems, grow revenue to sustain themselves, and deepen their service to their communities. She applies hard-won lessons from local media, early-stage venture capital, and product management to build teams' capacity for service and sustainability. As Director, Lizzy Hazeltine leads the North Carolina Local News Lab Fund’s overall strategy and portfolio, supports funders to maximize their impact, cultivates connections among organizations in the North Carolina news ecosystem, and tracks and amplifies case studies and lessons learned. With the goal of making the Fund and philanthropy more accessible, Lizzy holds open office hours, and especially encourages those who are new to grant seeking to connect. She also coaches teams in various national news transformation programs and supports industry-wide learning around revenue and DEI. Lizzy’s journalism training began at UNC Chapel Hill where she was a Morehead-Cain Scholar. Connect: Email | LinkedIn | Office Hours https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17f1e16ea9e1101f7563d/e4291ad9-313d-42f7-bfe0-bbfcccfa0547/Natalie+Roper.png Team - Natalie Roper Associate Director of Field Partnerships Natalie Roper (she/her) manages the Fund’s grantmaking processes and operations and provides critical support to our grant partners in the field. She guides partners to local resources, convenes and facilitates peer spaces, champions our grant partners, and elevate key needs and lessons learned from the field. Natalie sees local news as a natural extension of her longstanding work expanding equitable access to the things that help people thrive in Appalachia and the South, from reliable internet and quality jobs to diversified funding. She brings experience as both an organizational leader and a funder, as the founding Executive Director of Generation West Virginia and most recently leading grantmaking and capacity-building work at the Just Transition Fund. Natalie lives in Durham with her wife, Jordan, two fluffy dogs, Tia and Hoagie, and giant orange cat, Edgar. When she's not working, you can find her singing in a local choir or reading queer fiction. Connect: Email | LinkedIn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17f1e16ea9e1101f7563d/7006aea2-9111-47cf-96d5-c9c370d58fdc/SamSpencer_Headshot.jpg Team - Sam Spencer Associate Director of Funder Partnerships Sam Spencer (he/him) manages the Fund's partnerships and communications with funders. Stewarding our funder coalition, Sam builds and reinforces strong relationships, raises pooled and aligned funds, and convenes funder learning opportunities. Based in Charlotte with deep community ties, Sam is also the local contact for Charlotte funders. Sam is a longtime communications and fundraising professional, public information officer, and former educator. As a consultant and staff member, Sam has raised millions of dollars for non-profit and political causes. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Sam worked as a Communication Director and Deputy Chief of Staff in the United States Congress, connecting thousands of North Carolina constituents to vital information about health care resources and emergency disaster benefits. In addition, Sam's public service roles include serving as chair of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Planning Commission, and as a member of many Charlotte-based boards including the Citizens Transit Advisory Group, the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, and the Arts & Science Council. As the child of two journalists, Sam has had an interest in the media from a young age. After growing up in studios and press boxes, first job was a magazine delivery route across the Metrolina region. 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Student Action with Farmworkers How a new network developed a mobile app to deliver Spanish language emergency alerts on extreme weather and COVID-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17f1e16ea9e1101f7563d/1644512761711-HMQZ59JTPYQNJQTGQK2X/unsplash-image-h3vT1Kp0FxA.jpg Our Impact - The Roanoke Center An electric co-op deployed WiFi hotspots in northeastern North Carolina, connecting thousands of kids and families to the internet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17f1e16ea9e1101f7563d/1644512889006-KS04TTO1XS447UI3I1TH/unsplash-image-9AiE2wfpwvY.jpg Our Impact - Border Belt Independent From an initial seed grant to a three-year investment, here’s how funding the Border Belt Reporting Center is investing in a model of reliable journalism in rural communities https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17f1e16ea9e1101f7563d/6a247a51-8340-40ef-8d73-dd2d7062973d/Working_Narratives_07.JPG Our Impact - Narrative Arts Training a diverse group of community journalists to address news and media deserts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17f1e16ea9e1101f7563d/627b986a-adc5-4c22-bc28-2569c1d32dc8/Anton-Delgado-Juneteenth-Protest.jpg Our Impact - 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