As many of you may have already seen, on Friday, Aug. 30, Triad City Beat's publisher, Brian Clarey, and his wife Jill and son Ross were in a horrific accident on their way to Boston. triad-city-beat.com/triad-city-bea…

the check mark emoji on Slack is the "heard, chef" of the journalism world

exhibit A that moving has fried my brain is how I accidentally bought 14 hours of parking in downtown Raleigh today

My pilot dad tipped me off to this insanely good series from The Charlotte Observer. Looking forward to reading the other parts to come. Fellow aviation nerds, you're going to especially enjoy this one: charlotteobserver.com/news/local/art…

Yall knew it wouldn’t be long before I got my new library card considering how I made the Cumberland County library staff my besties. Can confirm that as The News & Observer reported, the new design is indeed adorable

Breaking political news in swing state North Carolina in the past hour. newsobserver.com/news/politics-… #ncpol

You ever write a story that makes you cry like a baby? Yeah, this was one. Here’s my latest on fallen Wake County Deputy Ned Byrd’s K-9, Sasha, and how she and her new handler have grieved Byrd’s death together. Thanks to ethanhyman for beautiful 📸 newsobserver.com/news/local/cri…

hello foia request fall

This weekend in Durham: Pauli Murray’s childhood home opens to the public. Pauli Murray Center for History and Social Justice gave me a look inside the place of "ragged beauty" and its role in the activist + legal scholar's life. One of those times I just love my job. 💗 newsobserver.com/news/local/cou…

I indulge my childhood font obsession by changing fonts for my notes each time I switch jobs/positions. Right now, I'm using Calibri, but at my last job I used Georgia and at the job before that I used Times New Roman. Fun way of chronologizing things for me

Go Hokies all day every day!!!

The NC Court of Appeals ordered the state NOT to send absentee ballots today, siding with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in his effort to be removed from the ballot. #ncpol newsobserver.com/news/politics-…

Take good care of him, Santa Fe!

#VirginiaTech ranked sixth among all U.S. public schools and first among all Virginia schools in the 2025 Wall Street Journal/College Pulse ranking of the U.S. Colleges. 🙌 brnw.ch/21wMsFF

I will indeed be buying this

Camila Gama Marrache gained a new perspective over the past year. “I’m happy. I look at the mirror, I look beautiful,” she says. newsobserver.com/news/local/cou…

The inimitable Korie Dean started her brilliantly-titled newsletter, "Dean's List," today. If you want all the latest scoops and in-depth analyses on higher education in the Tar Heel State, I recommend y'all sign up here: newsobserver.com/newsletters

Hot take maybe but I think the new NC driver’s licenses eat (they have ponies on the back!)

My The News & Observer TikTok debut, y’all. Check out my quick summary of the changes coming to PNC Arena below! tiktok.com/t/ZTFL7LPVW/

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