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Andy Bechtel
@andybechtel.bsky.social
Journalism professor at UNC-Chapel Hill. Copy editor. NOLA native, Durham denizen. Member of AAUP and ACES: the Society for Editing. https://editdesk.wordpress.com/
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Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy is hiring an endowed journalism chair. I'm a bit biased because I teach here, but it's a good gig, wonderful staff/faculty, and really top-notch, thoughtful and engaged students. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31624
Duke University, Sanford School of Public Policy
Job #AJO31624, Endowed Chair in Journalism and Public Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, US
academicjobsonline.org
February 3, 2026 at 9:05 PM
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Live your life so that you never have to publish an op-ed in the campus newspaper about your connection with Jeffrey Epstein dukechronicle.com/article/my-c...
February 3, 2026 at 1:16 PM
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Today is the start of #BlackHistoryMonth in the US. It is also the anniversary of #OtD 1 Feb 1960 in Greensboro, NC, when four Black college students refused to move from a Woolworth's lunch counter after they were denied service stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1096...
February 1, 2026 at 11:11 AM
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Hey Duke--you OK with this behavior by a faculty member who also is known for his falisfied data? Once again student journalists leading the way
www.dukechronicle.com/article/duke...
January 31, 2026 at 3:05 PM
We need more O'Hara gifs from Best in Show, but here you go.
a group of people are standing around a woman in a skirt with the number 1 on it .
Alt: Catherine O'Hara's character from Best In Show. She stumbles on a broken shoe at a dog show as her husband played by Eugene Levy tries to help her
media.tenor.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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I know a lot is going on right now, but Nashville is literally freezing to death, and the national attention/assistance has been appalling. We’ve been without power since Saturday morning and received absolutely no information about when that might change.
January 29, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Stay tuned, snow haters. (You gotta hear both sides.)
January 29, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Thanks for reading!
January 28, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Hola, amigos. Here's my review of "Funny Because It’s True: How The Onion Created Modern American News Satire." Of course, I had to mention Jim Anchower and T. Herman Zweibel. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Funny Because It’s True: How The Onion Created Modern American News Satire
Published in Journalism History (Ahead of Print, 2026)
www.tandfonline.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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New blog post! "A Peek Into Process: How I Do a Book Copyedit"

I break down my book #copyediting process step-by-step so you see what I’m actually doing with your manuscript.

carolinavonkampen.com/book-copyedi... #amediting #bookeditor #writingcommunity #author #stylesheet #editing
How I Do a Book Copyedit on Your Manuscript Step-by-Step
I break down my book copyediting process step-by-step so you see what I’m actually doing with your manuscript in a book copyedit.
carolinavonkampen.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:10 PM
One of the greatest themes of TV history. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj8Y...
In Search Of... (Opening and Closing Credits)
YouTube video by TexasRaider
www.youtube.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:59 PM
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Washpost foreign correspondents plead with Bezos to keep the overseas bureaus alive.
January 25, 2026 at 2:55 PM
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Headlines from every single time NATO invoked Article 5
January 23, 2026 at 2:44 AM
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"As documented in a viral thread on the nascent social media platform Bluesky by user Musicology Duck,"

got the juice
January 20, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Pepper's Pizza in Chapel Hill, NC. Two slices and a salad with poppyseed dressing. The tip jar had a sign that read "hair dye ain't cheap," a nod to the friendly hipster waitstaff.
Sunday night timeline cleanse

please tell me about your favorite lost restaurant (closed for at least 5 years, like I really want you to go back into the vault), why you loved it and what you ate there
January 19, 2026 at 2:22 AM
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excellent work by @theonion.com this month
January 18, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Pro-snow bias in local media. My hope is no snow.
January 17, 2026 at 10:51 PM
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The Minnesota Star Tribune has reporters write about the ICE crackdown in Minnesota, then emails the next day’s layouts to Des Moines, Iowa, to be printed, then trucks the printed papers back to Minnesota for delivery, then can’t get the newspapers delivered because of the ICE crackdown in Minnesota
January 17, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Kyle MacLachlan plays guitar?
January 16, 2026 at 2:16 AM
I still say San Diego Chargers.
January 14, 2026 at 6:18 PM
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Heated Rivalry (1935)
January 14, 2026 at 3:26 AM
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Budweiser Is Liquid Bread
January 13, 2026 at 1:50 PM