Narrative Shift & Local Journalism
| Narrative Arts launched Shoresides in response to the devastation of Hurricane Florence. The hurricane exposed a need for local journalism in rural and coastal North Carolina. COVID-19 only amplified this need for local stories and news by, and for, coastal North Carolinians.
We are a team of journalists, artists, and community organizers. Shoresides does more than tell stories, we build the power to democratize our media system.
Local journalism ties communities together. In just six months since launching, Shoresides has partnered with dozens of grassroots group across the region. Funders are also paying attention with support from Google News Initiative, North Carolina Local News Lab Fund, The Southern Movement Media Fund and many generous individuals. We’ve produced over 160 podcast stories, released 8 community produced short-documentaries on UNC-TV, virtually trained 15 rural North Carolina youth in the art of podcasting, virtually trained 14 North Carolina university students in local news production, presented our work with the the Pulitzer Center for Disaster Reporting, and shared stories from across the coastal region.
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This short-doc about a Wilmington, NC folk artist has over 150,000 views. You should watch it and see why. Produced by the youth producers at our Coastal Youth Media project. Watch here.
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| THE LIVING HISTORY OF CORE SOUND DECOYS |
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| You may not have ever thought a story about duck decoys could change your ideas about how culture moves. This piece is a favorite in the Shoresides office. Listen here. |
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| WHERE I COME FROM: RAKYAH |
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Where I Come From is produced by a group of young women in Columbus County, NC. The Coastal Youth Media journalists explore where they are from by telling their own stories, exploring their communities, listening to folks and trying to see Columbus County from a new perspective. Listen here.
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| FORMERLY INCARCERATED VOTER IN NEW BERN, NC |
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Sharif Moore votes for the first time since his release from prison. Corey Purdie from Home Transitional Network joins him as Moore shares how he felt coming back from prison to a home destroyed by Hurricane Florence and his desire to participate in the political process. Watch here.
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| ON OCRACOKE, A BACK-PORCH OP ED |
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| Our Speak Your Piece desk works with community members to craft Op Eds about what is happening in coastal Carolina. Daphne Bennick, owner of Back Porch restaurant on Ocracoke island, spoke to what she’s looking for from her elected officials Ocracoke goes through a “double wammy” – Hurricane Dorian recovery, then COVID-19. Listen here. |
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