Hello, Internet!
I’m writing to you from the faceless institution that is The Daily Tar Heel, a complex arrangement of sinister machinations that, through its daily broadcast of news and opinion, reserves the right to bring down any person, place or thing in the tri-county area just for fun.
I’m kidding, of course.
This is going to be an honest blog, and part of its mission is to demonstrate that the people who devote themselves to this news organization are students — just like many of you — trying to excel at the things they like to do.
Because, for some reason, there are people in this world who get a thrill from putting out a newspaper and a website. They relish the opportunity to take beautiful photos, design compelling pages or write about the things that few people have the means and the will to explore. I can’t recall ever meeting someone who worked here that wasn’t trying to do an honest job.
And as you can see from the extremely casual and completely staged banner photo at the top of this blog’s main page, I’m a very normal person. Right?
So this blog is going to serve as a window into the DTH. I will provide the rationale as to why we wrote certain stories. I will help illuminate the reporting and editing processes. I will link to funny videos. All in all, I hope this will help draw back the curtain on the workings of what is an influential actor in the affairs of the University, the town and the state.
Disclaimer: I have never had a blog. My general impression of the blog is a place that one dumps all of the life changing experiences one had on one’s romp through Europe. I’m going to do my best to stay away from that. But if this really sucks, remember that I’ve never studied abroad, so maybe I just don’t know how to do it.
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