Knight Communities Healthy News & Information Ecosystems 2023

In late 2022 and early 2023, Impact Architects applied the Healthy News and Information Ecosystem assessment framework to eight Knight resident communities, including Charlotte. 

“There’s been significant change in Charlotte’s news ecosystem during the last five years, with contraction in the commercial media space and simultaneous vibrancy in local news initiatives serving diverse sectors of the community.”

The report highlights the significant impact that the Collaborative has had on the local news ecosystem as well, noting that “Charlotte is a go-to example of how a collaboration could become institutionalized and grow in a city.”

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