Funny, I would have expected UNC students to be more woke. Last week The Daily Tar Heel editors chose to write a story about a UNC graduate student who did not get appointed to a town advisory board. The town receives many applications for a limited number of vacant advisory board seats, so applicants are […]
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Beyond Benetton
Posted by Nancy Oates on November 11, 2019
https://chapelhillwatch.com/2019/11/11/beyond-benetton/
ID’ing the Enemy
Faithful readers may have noticed that Chapel Hill Watch did not appear among the list of 350 news outlets that ran an editorial rejecting Donald Trump’s dissing of the media. No political agenda here. I totally agree with the editorial published by The Boston Globe. I simply went on vacation last week, a real vacation […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on August 20, 2018
https://chapelhillwatch.com/2018/08/20/iding-the-enemy/
Indy loses its independence
Was a time when Chapel Hill and Orange County had a good selection of news providers to advise voters in the candidate selection process. With the elimination of The Chapel Hill News and Chapel Hill Herald and the weakening of The Daily Tar Heel, the town has lost great resources. Now it appears that The […]
Posted by Don Evans on May 14, 2018
https://chapelhillwatch.com/2018/05/14/indy-loses-its-independence/
Requiem to a Newspaper
“I have some good news to share,” began a letter to Chapel Hill News readers from publisher Sara Glines. But it wasn’t good news. What followed was a 6-inch column of malarkey. The Chapel Hill News ceased publication at the end of December. It had stopped publishing news a year before that, when McClatchy, owner […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on January 8, 2018
https://chapelhillwatch.com/2018/01/08/requiem-to-a-newspaper/
Free access or free money?
I’ve never been one to turn down free money, so when Chapel Hill Public Library director Susan Brown proposed changing the library’s Internet policy to block access to certain sites in exchange for becoming eligible for spending federal grants on technology, the tradeoff seemed reasonable. But she took ill the day she was to present […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on December 12, 2016
https://chapelhillwatch.com/2016/12/12/what-price-freedom/
Who reads this?
Blame it on the way I was raised – clamming up when accused of a wrong didn’t absolve me of the punishment. My parents’ strategy to raise responsible, contributing members of society didn’t include Miranda’s right to remain silent. They heard out my side, if I was willing to talk, then judged, ruled and implemented. […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on August 19, 2013
https://chapelhillwatch.com/2013/08/19/who-reads-this/
Buy local
Last Wednesday, you had the chance to buy local, and it had nothing to do with the Carrboro Farmers’ Market. On July 24, a local company that has invested in Chapel Hill sold 2.5 million shares of its stock in its initial public offering. Heat Biologics, a biotech company working on cancer immunotherapy, moved from […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on July 29, 2013
https://chapelhillwatch.com/2013/07/29/buy-local-2/
Fiscally happy New Year
Town manager Roger Stancil must have eaten his New Year’s Day Hoppin’ John on behalf of the town this year. When Town Council resumes meetings tonight, council members will vote on whether to accept money from several sources. The consent agenda asks council to accept $5,000 from OWASA toward Code Red, a service that notifies […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on January 9, 2012
https://chapelhillwatch.com/2012/01/09/fiscally-happy-new-year/
No news
A few years ago, a fire in an apartment complex killed five kittens. The Chapel Hill News story listed the names of all five cats. Last week, a fire in an apartment off Weaver Dairy Road killed a 7-year-old girl. The Chapel Hill News didn’t bother to print her name. We had to go to […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on August 15, 2011
https://chapelhillwatch.com/2011/08/15/no-news/
Local media panel on WCHL
Tune into WCHL-1360 today at 1 p.m. to hear a panel discussion on “Local Media Ecosystems: Objectivity, Bias, Access.” The seven panelists weighing in on the topic are: Chad Johnston, executive director of The People’s Channel; Catherine Lazorko, public information officer for the Town of Chapel Hill; Fiona Morgan, Media Policy Initiative and New America […]
Posted by NancyDon on April 28, 2011
https://chapelhillwatch.com/2011/04/28/local-media-panel-on-wchl/