Making sense of the financial crisis
The Tar Heel economy has been leaking jobs lately -- have you noticed? I did, as I went back through the past week's papers assessing The N&O's coverage of the financial crisis.
Sports merger equals more -- and less
Sports fans have noticed changes in The N&O's coverage in the last few months -- some for the better, some for the worse.
Readers obsessed with anti-Islam video
Should The News & Observer allow itself to be used as a vehicle for disseminating offensive speech against a religious faith?
Lessons from a sheriff's loose words
It's a new law of journalism: Put a piece about illegal immigrants in the paper, and stand back for the reader reaction.
Putting Palin under the microscope
The Sarah Palin story last week brought lots of questions from readers about The N&O's coverage.
Pluck the duck
Oh, what to do about Mallard Fillmore? The cartoon duck that appears daily on The N&O comics pages has been on a tear lately against Barack Obama, and his conservative quacking has brought howls of protests from the Democratic faithful.
Midtown is news to many readers
Where the heck is Midtown Raleigh?
Bold words over press access
The News & Observer seems to be increasingly at odds with government these days over public records.
John Edwards story -- the readers react
John Edwards' stunning admission Friday that he indeed had an extramarital affair ignited a hearty round of told-you-so's from readers.
The N&O, the Enquirer and Edwards
For some readers, one of the biggest stories last week was one that didn't get much play in The News & Observer.
Steamy stories heat up readers
Two high-profile crime cases in the past couple of weeks caused some readers to wonder: What criteria does The News & Observer use to decide how much coverage to give to murder and mayhem stories?
Was Helms coverage too much?
When Sen. Jesse Helms died on the Fourth of July, it seemed the perfect patriotic departure for the paladin of the conservative right.
Readers react to change at the paper
For a time, a notice was posted in The News & Observer newsroom that said: "Change is good; you go first."
Gitmo series disturbs, impresses readers
The recent McClatchy series on Guantanamo detainees that ran in The News & Observer brought some strong reaction from readers.
Changes ahead in slimmer N&O
There's no getting around it: The job cuts and other changes announced by The News & Observer last week mean that readers will be getting less.
Why see Carson's autopsy report?
Why does The News & Observer need to see Eve Carson's autopsy report? That was the question from several readers last week after they read stories about the paper's lawsuit to obtain the official autopsy report on the slain UNC student body
Budget stories don't tell the full story
It's budget season for local governments around the Triangle, and that's a challenge for any newspaper. In my old newsrooms, we used to refer to budget stories as "DBIs" -- dull but important.
Child abuse trial brings out worst online
The ongoing soap opera that is the Lynn Paddock trial illustrates a divergence in the standards of journalism as practiced in print and online.
A shift from Eastern North Carolina
A signal moment in The News & Observer's history passed quietly this month. Jerry Allegood, Eastern North Carolina correspondent for the last 35 years, took retirement.
The name game for immigrants
What should newspapers call people from other countries who entered the United States in violation of federal immigration and nationality law?
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