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Low-cost internet is a potential lifeline for Charlotte’s neediest residents. But few know about it.

A team of student journalists from Queens University found weak awareness about low-cost internet access plans across Mecklenburg County among low-income residents and some of the agencies that work with them.

Queens students Naomi Tellez-Duran, Juliana Amos, and Juliana Amos with Dan Rather on Feb. 20, 2018.
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Dan Rather on fake news: ‘Two and two equals four. It does not equal five or seven.’

Journalist Dan Rather discussed fake news and other topics at Queens University of Charlotte on Tuesday, Feb. 20. “There are several things to know about that fake news and I would like to put ‘fake news’ in quotation marks. First […]

Street view of North Davidson looking south toward uptown Charlotte.
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NoDa uses many communication tools to preserve unique identity

Over the last several years, NoDa residents and businesses have been taking advantage of digital tools to more effectively communicate to people within the neighborhood as well as to the greater Charlotte community. North Davidson, more commonly called NoDa, is […]

Charlotte Skyline, 2014, photo by Joe Cornelius
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Charlotte 2025: the connected city

‘Best Minds’ Convene on March 20-21 to Imagine the Future As faster networks transform cities throughout the world, the James L. Knight School of Communication at Queens is convening leaders from five fields on March 20-21 to begin answering questions […]

Andrew Douglass (right) is one of three fellows with Code for America who have been meeting with representatives from Charlotte citizen's groups, government agencies, non-profit organizations and corporations since early February.
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Code for America lands in Charlotte. The goal: build citizen engagement.

They’re sometimes called the Peace Corp for Nerds. A team of three technology experts from Code for America has been working with Charlotte groups since early February to strengthen levels of citizen engagement. The collaborative effort will produce a new […]

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