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Alli Pardue will serve as the 2025-26 editor-in-chief of The DTH

Pardue served as the Audience Engagement Editor and as a staffer at The DTH, she is excited to serve the newsroom and the community in this new role.

Satire: Wake up — The Oh Well is spreading misinformation

"Why is nobody in their Instagram comment sections questioning these obviously fake headlines? Why is nobody challenging the clearly photoshopped pictures?" ...

Editorial: Protect your autonomy in the digital gilded age

Heel Talk: BOT Changes and Cookie Boycotts: What You Missed Last Week at UNC

Column: Go beyond the breaking — 'boring' news can be the most important

Heel Talk: Monday, March 25, 2024

By Lucy Wu , Natalie Bradin , Kathryn Bragg and Amelie Fawson | March 25

Welcome back to Heel Talk, where Audio-Visual Editor Natalie Bradin recaps the biggest local news stories with audio reporters Lucy Wu, Amelie Fawson ...

Local educators, students with technical skills shine during STEM Education Month

By Niharika Ghoshal | April 27

April is STEM Education Month in North Carolina, as proclaimed by Gov. Roy Cooper on April 13. Students and educators in STEM are celebrating the month ...

Recapping UNC's 2022-2023: a year of news

By Liv Reilly | April 26

The 2022-2023 school year at UNC was filled with news regarding leadership, students and faculty. From Supreme Court hearings of oral arguments to students ...

Students and faculty strive for balance between well-being and staying informed

By Anthony Howard | March 15

“I think you need to understand that not being informed is not the worst thing, unless it is of primary importance to you to always be up on activist ...

Looking back at the DTH's coverage of this historic year, over 2,700 stories later

By Cynthia Dong | March 10

Student reporters have watched, investigated and preserved this history-making year in the pages of the DTH —from the cancellation of study abroad programs ...

Weekly Quiz for the Well-Read News Whiz: Feb. 12

By Henry Haney | February 11

Ephesus Elementary second-grader covers the Town in Youtube newscast

By Sarah Gray Barr | October 4

Chapel Hill second grader John Wortman is becoming a local celebrity with his homemade newscast, "John News."

chapel hill fire department firefighters truck

Shanghai Dumpling closed until further notice following early-morning fire

By Marin Wolf | June 1

No one was injured in the fire. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

University of Louisville to stop funding for student newspaper

By Grace Carney | October 1

The University of Louisville announced it will discontinue financial support for "The Louisville Cardinal," its student newspaper, by the end of the Spring ...