Coverage of black community questioned
We've been hearing from some African-American readers lately, expressing dissatisfaction about News & Observer coverage.
Puzzling coverage of Cary Academy
The Cary Academy greater family has been stirred up this last week over The N&O's coverage of a campus controversy. With good reason. The paper's coverage of the situation has been puzzling.
Going to school on Apex's views
From time to time, The News & Observer likes to venture out into Readerland to sample what's on people's minds.
All the (sports) news that's fit to print
Question: Is The N&O part of the problem of sports commercialization on college campuses? Or is it part of the solution?
For some, comics changes were tragic
The News & Observer has done some pretty controversial things in the past year, but perhaps none more traumatizing than this: Last week, The N&O replaced four comic strips.
Extraordinary look at Wilmington '98
The N&O's recent examination of the 1898 Wilmington race riot -- and the newspaper's role in it -- was not the normal newspaper fare.
A donation vs. bond-election neutrality
For Wake County readers, the biggest issue of the Nov. 7 election was the $970 million school bond referendum. The referendum, which was approved by voters, attracted some 200,000 votes, pro and con.
N&O poll results surprise...The N&O
On Oct. 25, less than two weeks before last Tuesday's election, The N&O published a poll suggesting that the proposed Wake County school bond referendum would fail.
Keeping Eastern North Carolina in view
At the most recent meeting of The N&O Community Panel (what's that? See below), the question came up: How does The N&O decide what to cover in Eastern North Carolina these days?
That's entertainment? The critic's job
I trust your opinion. Tell me what you thought about "Marie Antoinette," the much-hyped film about the cake-chomping French queen. Or "Flags of our Fathers," Clint Eastwood's new movie about Iwo Jima.
Weighing coverage of a thin election year
Is there an election out there? That's a question I'm getting from readers as the Nov. 7 voting date rolls around.
A chemical fire tests the paper's agility
The spectacular chemical fire that shot fireballs 200 feet into the air over Apex started just before 11 on a Thursday night. When readers picked up The N&O's final edition Friday morning, there was the story on the front page with a six-column photo of the inferno.
Do letters reflect 'regular' opinion?
Put your ear to the adjoining page. Do you hear "the voice of the people?" Two professors at Western Carolina University think they do.
Where to report the terrorism report?
Several readers were puzzled by The News & Observer's handling of the controversial report by U.S. intelligence agencies that the war in Iraq has fueled Islamic terrorism.
Where does The N&O spot the ball?
The question, from an area college football fan, was all too familiar: Why is it that you guys give great coverage to the other schools and not to (fill in the blank)?
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