A couple of quick notes as we head into the Labor Day weekend.
1) Pearls before Swine will disappear on Monday as part of our rotating test of comics to replace Kudzu. F Minus takes its place. If you have comments about either strip, you can send them to or this link on JournalNow. Very different strips. I liked the clean lines of Pearls and the silliness of it all. Will see if F Minus grows on me.
2) We have posted a story about the continuing fallout of the Jill Marker/Kalvin Smith investigation. The city manager is ordering a new review. This comes in part as a result of our initial investigation into the crime and the police and prosecutorial work. Similarly, the story this morning about the eugenics exhibit at the library is based in part on our reporting on the state’s sterilization program. One of the things that newspapers get accused of is having an agenda and pursuing that agenda at the expense of other stories. Agenda is a loaded word. To the extent our resources allow, it is incumbent upon newspapers to report on injustices and not just in an initial report but the follow-ups where the actual decisions are made. I think that at times, readers get a little exasperated. But there’s not a great deal of choice in the matter when it comes right down to it. If we don’t do it, who will.
3) Have a safe and fun Labor Day. Don’t drink and drive, and if you drink and grill, please use a potholder.
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Talk about coveting a writer’s words. How I wish I’d said #3!!! I quote on on my blog and send folks over here.
Ha! Thnx
Mr. Otterbourg,
After reading the on-line verison, I am a bit disappointed to discover that the Journal does not have a story in today’s paper that documents the 50th anniversary of the September 4, 1957 day that Winston-Salem joined Charlotte and Greensboro in the first phase of North Carolina school integration.
I was looking forward to a historic follow-up on the African-American student(s) who enrolled in the previously all-white schools. Also, since Craig Phillips is the only surviving one of the three courageous school superintendents who oversaw that early round of integration, I was looking forward to a retrospective interview with this former W-S school superintendent.
Even though the Journal did not offer an article today, hopefully, you will allow comtemporary adults and students the opportunity to experience the Winston-Salem perspective of that era in an upcoming edition of your newspaper.
Eddie Davis
President,
North Carolina Association of Educators
Raleigh, North Carolina
Mr. Davis. Thanks for your note. We are aware of that date, and we working on just such a piece. I agree that it is an important milestone in our state’s history.
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