Andy Bechtel

New York Times headline that reads Is Gen X Actually The Greatest Generation?

When “yes” is the answer to a question headline.

Did you or someone you know dance on Soul Train in the 1970s?

I’d like to talk with you or them about that experience for my research

Thanks!

Game control!

AOL Time Warner!

Fond memories of dinner breaks there with the N&O copy desk (on the rare occasion we had one). Jim Carr usually led the way.

“I was under the impression that we were protected from being affected by any anti-DEI legislation and rulings because of our First Amendment right to freedom of press, but it appears I was wrong,” Alice Magazine Editor-in-Chief Gabrielle Gunter said in a statement Tuesday.

Your Questions, Complaints and Feedback for Our Editor, Joe Kahn

NYT editor takes reader questions about covering Trump. Gift link. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...

“Are you silently correcting my grammar?” Nah, we’re good. We all make mistakes, especially in casual conversations.

"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.

Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.

from Woman's Way, 1970 #cheese #manfood

Duke has sought to tighten faculty media engagement to minimize federal scrutiny The messages reflect a broader University strategy: keeping Duke out of the national spotlight by exercising caution at the faculty level when it comes to politically sensitive topics.

To try to avoid the Trump administration’s ire, Duke has instructed faculty not to speak to reporters dukechronicle.com/article/duke...

By the way, it's National Editor Appreciation Day.

Nobody ever reads a great article and thinks, "Dang, that was some tight editing." But editing is a big part of how it got to be great.

So writers, if you've ever worked with a good editor, shout 'em out.

Why AP is standing for your right to speak freely The executive editor of The Associated Press says the news organization is fighting for the right of the press and public to speak freely without being targeted by the government.

AP is back in court today to defend itself and the right to speak freely without government retaliation.

"Are dead" is not passive voice.

The Raleigh holiday parade is today. Its official name: ABC11 Crossroads Ford Apex Raleigh Christmas Parade presented by Shop Local Raleigh

AAUP Report Warns of Growing Legislative Threats to Faculty Governance Nationwide New analysis highlights attacks on faculty senates in Texas, Indiana, Ohio, and Utah as undermining academic freedom and institutional integrity.

The American Association of University Professors (@aaup.org) released a new report documenting an escalating assault on faculty governance structures across the country, with state legislatures in multiple states moving to strip faculty senates of their authority and independence.

Newspaper headline that says glitches slow roll out of Raleigh’s water billing system. What’s going on.

What’s going on with headline writing. From now on, I may add that statement to many that I see.

What to know about names such as Operation Charlotte's Web There is renewed criticism over the names of military and DHS operations, including the most recent, Operation Charlotte's Web.

There is renewed criticism over the names of military and DHS operations, including the most recent, Operation Charlotte's Web.

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Headline that reads “what we learned from Duke’s rout of Indiana State”

Headline that says What we’ve learned about UNC women’s basketball through three games

Headline that says UNC basketball rolls past NCCU. What we learned about the Tar Heels

A lot of learning in today’s sports section.

I will create the internet's foremost Headline Criticism platform.

Today among the tabloids

Kansas county apologizes, agrees to pay $3M over small-town newspaper raid “If you want to bully people, particularly the free press ... there’s a price to pay. And that price is going to be in the millions.”

“If you want to bully people —particularly the free press — if you want to bully them, there’s a price to pay. And that price is going to be in the millions,” said Eric Meyer, owner and editor of the Marion County Record.
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YouTube video by Minheum Cho Being John Malkovich - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [1999]

Today's music for grading: "Being John Malkovich" (1999) www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UiY...

For non-journalists, it’s helpful to see what Standards and Practices guidelines look like. Here, for example, are the AP’s. www.ap.org/wp-content/u...

It was Whisker Wednesday, when people could bring cats to the game. (Mine stayed home.) Sir Purr and I put aside our differences in the spirit of the event and our shared fandom of felines.

Andy meeting the Carolina Panthers mascot Sir Purr at a baseball game. The mascot has black fur and a shirt with a paw print. Andy is wearing a cap and a T-shirt that says meow

That time that I met Sir Purr at a Durham Bulls game and told him that I am a Saints fan

lousy DHS propaganda, for a change

Do we want to talk about the inept spacing, or that "just lay there" should be "just lie there"?

No joke, they used to show Ivy League football on PBS.

The next mayor of New York on a lot of world fronts today