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Highly recommended
For readers who are interested in the history of Triangle journalism, and the personal history of JLF’s own Vice President Jon Ham, his new Media Mangle column on the founding…
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You get no respect in your hometown
Herald-Sun Editor Bob Ashley says rumors of The Chapel Hill Herald’s demise are erroneous. That’s good to hear. I didn’t start the rumor but I certainly helped spread it in…
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New Sources of Information
Thanks to the Internet, blogs are preempting newspapers, providing the unrefined hearsay of the common man that drives future “newsworthy” investigations. The web of Internet blogs created by the JLF…
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Rumors about The Chapel Hill Herald
I just heard a rumor that the Paxton Media folks are going to kill The Chapel Hill Herald. If that’s true, then I guess I can cancel my plans to…
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Holiday, Christmas, er, whatever
The Chapel Hill Herald apparently has a bit of PC schizophrenia this morning. The headline on a story reads:”All invited to holiday dinner.” But the story, by Beth Velliquette, clearly…
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So long, Rolland
I just learned that one of my favorite people in the world, Rolland Wrenn, has died. I first met Rolland when I got her to write a column for The…
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Group-think is Alive and Well in Orange County
Last Thursday’s Chapel Hill Herald carries a why-you-should-vote-for-me guest column by John Herrera, a candidate for a seat on the Carrboro Board of Alderman. I applaud his, any other candidates’,…
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Tax Increase Positioned as Refund to Businesses
Last night the Chapel Hill Town Council voted to lower the amount of its recent increase in the town’s privilege license fee, which is imposed on businesses for the “privilege”…
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The Real-Life Impact of Annexation
From yesterday’s Chapel Hill Herald comes an illustrative quote from John Kramer about one of the things that’s wrong with the state’s annexation law. Kramer was recently annexed into Carrboro.…
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Just remember, UNC’s budget is cut to the bone, with only the essentials left …
UNC-Chapel Hill seeks a full-time director of its Women’s Center. It’s been getting by with a part-time director, but that’s not good enough, of course. Why is it not good…
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Aloha, County Commissioners
This week the Chapel Hill Herald interviewed John Hood about county commissioners heading off to Hawaii for the National Association of Counties convention. In Wednesday’s Daily Journal, Hood made note…
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Orange school officials say finances “scary”
That’s the headline in today’s Chapel Hill Herald, which reports Orange’s school superintendent says that to continue current programs next year, Orange County will have to pony up $1.8 million…