People are waking up to discover that North Carolina is the weirdest of states. We are all sitting in a numb blogblog heap, wondering what to do next. So we’ll do what we always do: write and process and share out and continue to try to find some slivers of civic joy in whatever comes […]
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Posted inCHALT, Chapel Hill, Journalism
Our local non-profit newspaper is having a rough month
When we last visited The Local Reporter – our “relentlessly local” non-profit newspaper with very close ties to an organization with a PAC – they were saying farewell to their fourth editor in three years. He served just under three months in the role. It’s been a little over a month since that shakeup, and […]
Posted inGuide, Carrboro, Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill and Carrboro: A field guide to local news and information
Over the past few years, we’ve started compiling where local political and news conversations are taking place, in addition to traditional sources like WUNC, the News and Observer, the Daily Tar Heel (which has excellent local coverage) and WRAL. Here’s a starting list for where we recommend getting high-quality news from social media and newsletters […]
Posted inChapel Hill, Journalism
It’s stunningly offensive to compare abortion to Chapel Hill Town Council decisions
We have been critical in the past of The Local Reporter’s unorthodox approach to reporting, but are nevertheless taken aback by the paper’s decision to run this editorial.
Posted inCHALT, Chapel Hill, Election 2023, Journalism
CHALT’s campaign finance report is missing $3,840 – and that’s not the only problem.
An update to this piece appears here. We have spent the past week or so reviewing the final campaign finance documents submitted by each campaign, PAC, and independent expenditure in the 2023 Chapel Hill municipal election cycle. Campaign finance law is tricky and arcane, so much so that North Carolina requires campaign treasurers to complete mandatory […]
Posted inElection 2023
Speed round: Factchecking Town Council candidates in Carrboro and Chapel Hill
Sometimes a fact-check requires a deep dive into source material to disentangle the intricacies of a situation and explain why a claim is false. Other times, though, it’s simple. This is one of those times. Welcome to Fact Check, Lightning Round Edition! With the election campaign heating up, we’ve encountered some false statements of fact, […]