Shoresides is a civic journalism project based in coastal Carolina. A project of Narrative Arts.
We train communities to be civic journalists, and engage media partners to create a media ecology centered on civil participation and problem-solving.
06/05/2025
North Carolina faces a statewide nursing crisis: by 2033, an estimated shortage of 12,500 RNs and 5,000 LPNs if current trends continue, per the Program on Health Workforce Research and Policy at the Cecil G. Sheps Center.
Explore data-driven strategies on recruitment, retention, and training in this week’s Shoreside episode with Catherine Moore. Listen at: https://shoresides.org
On this episode of Shoresides, host Nicholas Magrino explores the challenges and realities of substance use disorder in coastal North Carolina. According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, nearly 10 to 12 percent of North Carolinians struggled with substance use disorder in 2022.
To better understand the journey of recovery, we speak with Megan Weber-Youssefi, Director of Development at The Healing Place of New Hanover County. The Healing Place offers a low-barrier recovery program providing detox services, long-term residential recovery, and overnight shelter beds—entirely free of charge. https://shoresides.org/podcast/the-healing-place-and-the-path-to-recovery/
21/03/2025
After a hurricane upends everything, the void left behind—solastalgia—can be as destabilizing as the storm itself. In this episode of Storm Stories, we hear from Angie Bailey of North Carolina’s Broadband Infrastructure Office on efforts to bridge the digital divide, ensuring communities aren’t cut off when they need connectivity the most. And in Utica, Mississippi, Carlton Turner reflects on bringing internet access to his town while grappling with the social and political costs of digital expansion. https://shoresides.org/podcast/solastalgia-and-the-north-carolina-digital-divide/
28/01/2025
Take a listen to the Polish Festival in Castle Hayne, North Carolina at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church. Join us as we take you inside the Polish Festival in Castle Hayne, North Carolina, an annual celebration of Polish heritage hosted by St. Stanislaus Catholic Church. Held every November, the festival is a vibrant gathering filled with authentic Polish cuisine, lively traditional music, and energetic dancing. In this episode, we capture the sights and sounds of the festival through interviews with attendees, conversations about what draws people to this cherished event, and live recordings of the music that brings the community together. https://shoresides.org/podcast/polish-festival-in-castle-hayne-north-carolina-at-st-stanislaus-catholic-church/
24/01/2025
AI is the Future of Work: Are Black Coastal Communities In It? n this episode of Shoresides, we hear from Charles Seaton, President of International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) Local 1766 in Wilmington, North Carolina, as he speaks on the fight to protect jobs from automation in the maritime industry. Historian David Cecelski connects the modern labor struggle to the long and often-overlooked legacy of African American maritime labor on the North Carolina coast, while Portia Allen-Kyle of Color of Change provides a critical perspective on how automation and AI are reshaping labor markets, with disproportionate impacts on Black workers. Together, they explore the intersections of history, technology, and equity, and portray a vivid picture of coastal North Carolina's future. Listen here: https://shoresides.org/podcast/ai-is-the-future-of-work-are-black-coastal-communities-in-it/
17/12/2024
Any story that brings the voices of Paul Wright, Prison Legal News, together with civil rights lawyer Marty Rosenbluth is worth a listen. Shoresides recently interviewed them both about immigration detention centers. Take a listen.
Send us a text Shoresides explores life in coastal North Carolina through the lens of resilience, justice, and community action. In this episode, host Nicolas Magrino examines the implications of President Trump’s second term, focusing on the private prison industry’s role in mass deportations a...
03/12/2024
- Shoresides is your local voice, telling the stories that matter most in our coastal communities. From now until December 31st, every dollar you give will be matched 1-to-1—doubling your impact!
Your support helps us bring powerful, community-driven storytelling to life. Together, we can amplify voices, preserve history, and illuminate our region's challenges and triumphs.
Let’s keep telling your stories. Donate today and make twice the difference. 💙
03/12/2024
- Shoresides is your local voice, telling the stories that matter most in our coastal communities. From now until December 31st, every dollar you give will be matched 1-to-1—doubling your impact!
Your support helps us bring powerful, community-driven storytelling to life. Together, we can amplify voices, preserve history, and illuminate our region's challenges and triumphs.
Let’s keep telling your stories. Donate today and make twice the difference. 💙
03/12/2024
- Shoresides is your local voice, telling the stories that matter most in our coastal communities. From now until December 31st, every dollar you give will be matched 1-to-1—doubling your impact! https://givebutter.com/shoresides
Your support helps us bring powerful, community-driven storytelling to life. Together, we can amplify voices, preserve history, and illuminate our region's challenges and triumphs.
Let’s keep telling your stories. Donate today and make twice the difference. 💙
22/11/2024
The Waccamaw Siouan Tribe invited the public to share in their 52nd year of "Celebrating Culture and Traditions" during the Annual Waccamaw Siouan Pow Wow. The event was held on the Waccamaw Siouan Tribal Grounds in the Buckhead Community of Bolton, NC. (photos by )
20/11/2024
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Following Hurricane Florence, Shoresides provided a way for community members to connect and reshape local news.
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Shoresides: a local journalism project
Shoresides was launched by journalists in coastal North Carolina as a project of the nonprofit Working Narratives. The devastation of Hurricane Florence exposed a need for local journalism in rural coastal North Carolina. Shoresides acts as the region’s nonprofit civic journalism lab and produces stories, trains civic journalists, and brings communities together to build a healthy media ecology for the region.
Producing original content covering the region’s culture, politics, and pressing issues.
Bringing people together through our Free Movement Conference focused on civic journalism in the coastal region
Training civic journalists through our Coastal Youth Media Project and our Media Resilience Fellowship program
Collaborating with local, regional, and national partners to increase our impact
Shoresides is a project of the nonprofit Working Narratives. We rely on individual donations, sponsorships, and grants to support our work in the coastal North Carolina region.