/tags/news-desert News Desert 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 /health/2021-01-01/sex-and-bodies-belong-in-our-headlines-wunc-to-continue-broadcasting-embodied Back in November, ��������վ chose to discontinue “The State of Things,” North Carolina’s only live public radio program heard in the mountains, on the coast… Fri, 01 Jan 2021 17:30:39 GMT /health/2021-01-01/sex-and-bodies-belong-in-our-headlines-wunc-to-continue-broadcasting-embodied Grant Holub-Moorman, Anita Rao /show/the-state-of-things/2021-01-01/sex-and-bodies-belong-in-our-headlines-wunc-to-continue-broadcasting-embodied Back in November, ��������վ chose to discontinue “The State of Things,” North Carolina’s only live public radio program heard in the mountains, on the coast… Fri, 01 Jan 2021 17:30:39 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2021-01-01/sex-and-bodies-belong-in-our-headlines-wunc-to-continue-broadcasting-embodied Grant Holub-Moorman, Anita Rao /law/2020-04-06/ways-means-presents-sealing-the-cracks-in-our-democracy Could American democracy be better? It is a big and existential question that is now even more pressing as many watch their friends, neighbors and loved… Mon, 06 Apr 2020 15:50:00 GMT /law/2020-04-06/ways-means-presents-sealing-the-cracks-in-our-democracy Emily Hanford /show/the-state-of-things/2020-04-06/ways-means-presents-sealing-the-cracks-in-our-democracy Could American democracy be better? It is a big and existential question that is now even more pressing as many watch their friends, neighbors and loved… Mon, 06 Apr 2020 15:50:00 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-04-06/ways-means-presents-sealing-the-cracks-in-our-democracy Anita Rao, Carol Jackson /business-economy/2020-02-27/north-carolinas-two-largest-newspapers-now-bankrupt The McClatchy Company — which owns The News & Observer, The Herald-Sun and The Charlotte Observer — declared bankruptcy this month.While North Carolina’s… Thu, 27 Feb 2020 17:04:59 GMT /business-economy/2020-02-27/north-carolinas-two-largest-newspapers-now-bankrupt Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2020-02-27/north-carolinas-two-largest-newspapers-now-bankrupt The McClatchy Company — which owns The News & Observer, The Herald-Sun and The Charlotte Observer — declared bankruptcy this month.While North Carolina’s… Thu, 27 Feb 2020 17:04:59 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-02-27/north-carolinas-two-largest-newspapers-now-bankrupt Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio