Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Pat Stith is retiring from The News & Observer, the paper reports today in a profile of the veteran investigator. At 66, he’s at a point in his career where retirement is not a surprise, but the buyout offers the paper recently extended to all newsroom employees spurred his exit. Stith is […]
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Cuts at McClatchy’s online newsroom
It’s sad to see the remnants of Nando Times, once the most innovative online operation in the daily newspaper business, being cut down at a time when newspapers need to focus on their online operations more than ever. The N&O reports today that its parent company, McClatchy, cut 16 jobs, or 11 percent of the […]
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What’s in store for future investment bankers of America?
Looks like Duke University’s undergraduate career center is going to have to retool in light of the Wall Street meltdown. Today’s Chronicle story quotes seniors who hope their job offers from Merrill Lynch won’t disappear, as well as this wisdom from Investment Club President Jay Schulhof: “For those who do manage to land a job, […]
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N&O to oursource financial functions; more layoffs Monday
News & Observer Publisher Orage Quarles III sent out this memo to employees yesterday: From: Orage Quarles III Subject: Workforce Reductions and Reorganization Date: September 16, 2008 Company-wide workforce reductions and changes were just announced today throughout McClatchy. A press release detailing those actions – amounting to about 1,150 jobs, or 10% of the company’s […]
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Western Wake’s House districts could turn blue
⇒ See also: “As goes the Dole-Hagan race, so goes the nation” | 2007 voting records of Reps. Stam and Dollar While the U.S. Senate and governor’s races may be fought with air strikesusing television ads and other media appearancesthe fight for the legislature is happening on the ground. That’s especially true in western Wake […]
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Stam and Dollar: Where they stand
This November, state House Minority Leader Rep. Paul “Skip” Stam and Rep. Nelson Dollar face Democratic challengers who say the Republican incumbents are far to the right of their Wake County constituents, and that their partisanship prevents them from looking after the needs of their districts. Here is a sample of the incumbents’ positions on […]
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To save his marriage, a domestic abuser gives PEACE a chance
Editor’s note: The names of those subjects identified only by first names were changed to ensure confidentiality. “Sometimes it’s very easy to look in the mirror and not see who’s there.” When Jack’s wife threw him out of the house last year, he took a hard look. He saw a man who lost his temper […]
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Push poll from Americans for Tax Reform
We get a lot of poll calls at my house for some reason, about a quarter of them not so much soliciting our opinions as trying to shape them. This Sunday, the call is from Americans for Tax Reform, an extremely partisan right-wing group founded by Grover Norquist. I didn’t record the call, but the […]
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Is Durham County Manager Ruffin a mystery blogger?
Last Friday, blogger Kevin Davis at Bull City Rising revealed a link between Durham County Manager Mike Ruffin and an anonymously authored blog called One Guy’s View, which promised — and apparently delivered — behind-the scenes information about county government and politics. Checking the root folder of an image file posted to One Guy’s View, […]