Andy Bechtel

• Age: 41
• Gender: Male
• Astrological Sign: Gemini
• Zodiac Year: Sheep
• Industry: Communications or Media
• Occupation: Assistant professor
• Location: UNC-Chapel Hill : North Carolina : United States

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.

Favorite Books

• The AP Stylebook
• Woe Is I
• Lapsing Into a Comma
• The World Almanac
• The Elements of Style
• When Words Collide

Andy Bechtel's Blogs

	Blog Name	Team Members
	The Editor's Desk	Chloe