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Tragedy to triumph: The Watauga Playmakers’ story of ‘Surge’

Story by Audrey Kashatus BOONE, N.C. – Bright yellow and blue lights shine down on…

How bargain stores fund a Republican megadonor’s political spending

Nat: Roses Discount Stores Track: Theresa Kinlaw has shopped at Roses Discount Stores for…

Beyond the badge: Durham’s grassroots response to violence

Ben Haas, director of the Religious Coalition for a Nonviolent Durham, believes the more involved the community is, the less reliance there will be on external forces to handle harm.

‘What we’ve been trying to do is help farmers operate again’: Farmlands six months post Helene

LEAD: It’s been more than six months since Hurricane Helene devastated western North Carolina, resulting…

Tragedy to Triumph: The Watauga Playmakers’ Story of ‘Surge’

Story by Bethany Pryor

‘You just have to be hungry’: Community fridges address food insecurity in the Triangle

Story by Eliza Benbow Cover Photo by Danielle Hart A new door is opening for…

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…

Living with a pandemic: Polio in the 1940s

Story by: Maeve Sheehey Graphics by: Natalie Huggins “Roll up the windows — there’s a…

Hurricane recovery: ‘You either get numb, or you get busy’

Story by Kayla Guilliams The current model of hurricane recovery, a bureaucratically complex system of…

Weary UNC students Zoom into classes from around the world

Video story by Payton Tysinger Online learning comes with its fair share of challenges for…

Change, in Ocracoke a year after Hurricane Dorian

Video story by Payton Tysinger A year after Hurrican Dorian swept over Ocracoke Island, there…

Animal communicators help to heal people and pets

Story by Paige Masten Graphics by Julia Johnson Marcia McCollum Hebrank first discovered she had…

N.C. has a shortage of school psychologists

Story by Sergio Osnaya-Prieto Graphic by Elizabeth Bryant Bladen County, nestled between Fayetteville and Wilmington,…

A new Supreme Court stokes fears in the LBGTQ community

Story by Ramishah Maruf CLEMMONS, N.C. — The family sitting at the large wooden table…

“Like an escape from reality”: Inside Durham’s underground car culture

Story by Drew Wayland Photos by Hanna Wondmagegn DURHAM, NC – The first car pulls…

It costs money to get tested for COVID-19 at ECU

Story by Taylor Heeden Graphic by Claire Willmschen Taylor Lucas was going about her day-to-day…

Pandemic or not, fresh-cut Christmas trees help make the season

Story by: Molly Weisner Video by: Erin Jenkins Photos by: Elizabeth Ranatza WAYNESVILLE, N.C. –Darren…

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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.