Andy Bechtel

About Me

I teach editing and writing at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at UNC-Chapel Hill. I'm interested in new ways to tell news stories and in the ethical and political ramifications of word choices (terrorist surveillance program, domestic spying or something in between?). I have 12 years of experience in newspaper editing, most recently at The News & Observer in Raleigh, N.C.

Your people want to make a statue in your honor. What will it be made out of and what victory will it commemorate?

It will be a tower of newsprint and mark the defeat of jargon and gibberish.

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