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Dedicated Kubb players seek fellow enthusiasts of this unique backyard sport

Story and photos by Annie Ham NORTH CAROLINA – Whoosh. Clack. Thump. These are the…

Short Films, Long Impacts

Tucked into the heart of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, the Cosmic Rays Film Festival offers…

Triangle Sword Guild creates community through recreating Historical European Martial Arts

HEMA, or Historical European Martial Arts, is a multidisciplinary hobby that combines real-weapon dueling with researching European dueling styles across the 12th-19th centuries. For members of North Carolina’s Triangle Sword Guild, it’s not just exercise and learning, it’s also community.

Triangle Sword Guild recreates Historical European Martial Arts

Story by Mila Mascenik Photos courtesy of Andrew Eicher The sound of clashing steel rings…

Non-profit Valley Strong Disaster Relief closes distribution site that aided thousands

Photos by Henry Thomas Non-profit Valley Strong Disaster Relief (VSDR) is shifting its focus toward…

Wings of Promise

For Eli Perl, a Senior at UNC Chapel Hill from Washington D.C., flying was more…

Bar turned distribution center helps thousands of people in western North Carolina

Photo by: Matthew Broderick When Hurricane Helene hit, it decimated the small town of…

NC’s rail service sees record ridership but faces federal funding freeze

Story by Sarah Monoson North Carolina’s passenger rail, NC by Train, saw record ridership in…

Beyond the Ban: How Tik Tok’s Uncertain Future Affects Student Creators

On Jan. 19, 2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill sophomore and Tik Tok…

‘It’s devastating’: Alumna begs for answers surrounding alleged cancer cluster at NC State University

By Samantha Hoffman

Till the wheel stops spinning: Potter Mark Hewitt won’t take his hands off the clay just yet

Mark Hewitt examines one of the pots he has made in his studio. | Photo…

Paw-sitive news: General Assembly funding goes to N.C. county animal shelters

Dog at Robeson County Animal Shelter in Robeson County, N.C., looks up at staff member. |…

Controversy brews over court storming: Is there a solution?

Duke basketball player Kyle Filipowski hobbles to the locker room after Wake Forest fans flood…

The tale of two statues: How Graham and Winston-Salem handled Confederate statues differently

A Confederate statue stands outside the Alamance County Courthouse in Graham, NC. The statue was…

‘My mom is the reason’: Megan Taylor’s journey through grief to neuroscience

The Taylor family poses for a photo during a trip to the lake during the…

Beyond graduation: How AI is reshaping career paths for college students

ChatGPT is one of the most popular generative artificial intelligence tools. AI like ChatGPT leave…

UNC Libraries still negotiating with publishers over AI contract language

Number background from Unsplash. Photo of Davis from UNC Libraries. Journals created using Adobe Stock,…

Modern technology provides hope for national cold case crisis

Photos of Sandra Ross (left) and Sandra Ross sitting with her daughter Jennifer Buckner (right).…

One-tenth of North Carolinians face lack of affordable internet if federal funding ends

John Muscarella checks hardware and operating systems on computers that will be donated to digital…

Life under contract for poultry growers, USDA implements new transparency rules

Former contract chicken grower Craig Watts. | Photo courtesy of Craig Watts. Story by Ashley…

What is Media Hub?

UNC Media Hub is a cohort of students from various concentrations within UNC-Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Journalism and Media who collaborate to produce top-tier integrated media packages covering stories across North Carolina.