Media

• Does article help little-known candidate?

  Result 1

  Discovered August 29, 2009 at 9:23 am

  The Indy has a lengthy article about Lee Sartain, a 28-year-old candidate for Raleigh City Council, that explores his campaign (the good and the bad). It seems to me that the article wouldn’t help his campaign, but several commenters say it has swayed them toward Sartain. Decide for yourself:

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• Prank on the Daily Tar Heel

  Result 2

  Discovered August 26, 2009 at 2:55 pm

  The Daily Tar Heel says it was pranked Tuesday when a special front page declaring it a “special anti-racist issue” appeared.

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• A look at the latest NBC17 blog commercial

  Result 3

  Discovered August 21, 2009 at 3:26 pm

  We’ve launched a few on-air commercials for some of the blogs at NBC17. The latest is for meteorologist Wes Hohenstein’s blog and it’s so funny. Maybe it’s just b/c I know Wes & I’m not used to seeing him in casual garb. But I think this is better than most TV promos you see:

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• Do you keep up with local news when you’re on vacation?

  Result 4

  Discovered August 19, 2009 at 8:39 am

  One of my favorite local bloggers has been out-of-town for over a month working on a project. He returned realizing that even though he read the local news online, he didn’t feel particularly informed. Dan Gearino explains why he thinks that is on his blog:

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• WRAL asks News and Observer editor to leave Saturday morning show

  Result 5

  Discovered August 15, 2009 at 8:18 am

  Next Saturday will be the last day to catch News & Observer editor John Drescher on WRAL’s “Headline Saturday.” Drescher co-hosts the public affairs show, but WRAL has decided to ditch the  two-anchor format. So Drescher’s last show will be Aug. 22.

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• News and Observer salaries to remain frozen through 2009

  Result 6

  Discovered August 12, 2009 at 9:05 am

  Looks like all McClatchy employees will finish out the year without wage increases. This isn’t really surprising news to anyone familiar with the industry, but it still sucks to read. You can read the e-mail publisher Orage Quarles sent to employees about the wage freeze here:

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• Published e-mails offer glimpse into how a News and Observer reporter feels about national story

  Result 7

  Discovered August 11, 2009 at 2:39 pm

  I know this is old news to some of you, but I just now read this post. Gawker published an e-mail exchange between a News & Observer reporter and McClatchy DC editor about coverage of a lawsuit claiming the founder of Blackwater was responsible for murders in Iraq.

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• Local newspaper ditches original reporting, publishes press release

  Result 8

  Discovered July 14, 2009 at 9:40 am

  Durham residents recently recieved these huge recycling carts as part of a city effort to revamp the program. Kevin at Bull City Rising points out that The Herald-Sun did not write an article on the change. Instead, they just reran a city press release. Lame or OK?

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• Reader’s Corner pays to keep “This American Life” on WUNC

  Result 9

  Discovered June 25, 2009 at 10:16 am

  If you’ve never visited Reader’s Corner bookstore on Hillsborough Street in Raleigh, you’re going to want to after reading John’s post about it on Goodnight, Raleigh. John tells us some interesting tidbits about the business including that the store paid to bring “This American Life” to WUNC. Sweet!

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• Follow the Barrel Monster on Twitter

  Result 10

  Discovered June 19, 2009 at 3:06 pm

  Support for Joseph Carnevale — the artist behind the now infamous Hillsborough Street Barrel Monster — has been phenomenal. The story’s been picked up by AP and subsequently WaPo, the Facebook groups total more than 4,000 supporters and now it looks like the Barrel Monster is on Twitter.

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