A murder draws attention to the Web
Yet another sensational murder case in the Raleigh area last week raised new issues for The News & Observer about covering news in the Internet era.
In the headlines, good news and bad
The inbox is brimming with reader response to N&O headlines last week.
Vanishing ink: Cartoonists fade
You might want to have a look at the political cartoon on the adjoining page. Its creator, Dwane Powell, is part of an endangered species.
Once again, Iraq is front-page news
Iraq is back. Shouldered off the front page in recent months by hurricanes and other news -- and, perhaps, reader fatigue -- coverage of the U.S campaign in Iraq suddenly has become big news again.
Talking back to the paper
Meet Jim Abrahamson and Deborah Horvitz. They communicate those opinions to us as members of the Community Panel, an advisory group of readers who meet with editors on a monthly basis to critique the paper and discuss its work.
In writing of troubled youth, what's right?
An unusual package of stories in last Sunday's paper posed a troublesome issue for News & Observer newsfolk: Should a newspaper put individuals' private problems in a public spotlight toward the greater cause of addressing an important societal ill?
Crime coverage: what does it mean?
Is it my imagination, or is The News & Observer giving more attention to murder and mayhem these days?
Candidates' religion? No need to know
I learned something from The News & Observer's Voters Guide in yesterday's paper: There are lots of Baptists hankering for public office in the Triangle and surrounding counties in the upcoming elections.
The war's toll stirs readers' sensibilities
It was a chance concatenation of events that brought the funeral of Marine Sgt. Mark Adams of Cary and the 2,000th American death in Iraq in the same week, but the combination seemed to jangle readers' nerves.
Lottery figures cry foul
The N&O's coverage of Jim Black and the lottery led to some eyebrow-raising activities last week by main characters in the controversy.
Blogs challenge newspaper standards
There's been a good bit of chatter about blogging on The News & Observer blog sites recently. The gist of the discussion: What effect does online communication have on traditional journalistic standards?
Letters are valuable, but limited
I've been getting letters about letters. The public editor regularly receives complaints from readers who say they can't get their letters to the editor published in The News & Observer.
Battles of New Orleans, reconsidered
Thousands in city feared dead." That was the lead headline on the front page of The News & Observer on Thursday, Sept. 1, three days after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans.
Sheehan rouses readers
The Triangle visit of Cindy Sheehan's get-out-of-Iraq caravan occasioned a good bit of comment from readers, anti- and pro-war, who found fault with The N&O's coverage.
When the advertising has a bug in it
It's the giant bug that gets your attention. With spider legs and industrial-grade mandibles, the creature looks like an escapee from a bad B-grade movie.
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