Citizen Will

Category: Media

  • Ellie Reinhold: Dream Nature

    Ellie Reinhold, Chapel Hill artist and founding member of the Hillsborough Gallery of Art has a new show opening today (Fri. 7/30/2010). Ellie works in various mediums – this show features paintings and one assemblage. Her work draws heavily on both her vibrant inner nature and a deep appreciation of nature. Over the 27 years […]

  • Happy Birthday Ron!

    Happy Birthday to WCHL’s Ron Stutts! Ron, besides being the bedrock upon which WCHL’s success rests, is an all-around “nice guy” (hope that doesn’t mess with his street cred ;-)). I met Ron a longtime ago but didn’t really get to know him until I became more active in the local community. Ron seems to […]

  • ChapelHillWatch: Oates, Evans Invite New Perspectives

    There’s a new ‘blog in Town! Local journalists Don Evans and Nancy Oates have started a new ‘blog, Chapel Hill Watch, to serve our local community. Both Don and Nancy have an extensive institutional memory of local history and a keen eye towards local issues (I, along with many readers of the Chapel Hill News, […]

  • Engaging the Community: Everyone but OP

    Last night I got an invite from Ruby Sinreich to engage other candidates on her local ‘blog OrangePolitics. Though I was an avid contributor to her ‘blog for several years, contributing a significant portion of the content, I have declined to participate in building her readership or commercial “brand” during this year’s election cycle. My […]

  • Two Birthdays, One Dude

    One local dude, Kirk Ross, definitely abides. March 23rd, he celebrated the 2nd anniversary of the Carrboro Citizen, a hyper-local newspaper he bootstrapped online and migrated, partially, off-line to real, physical print. Strangely, it feels like only a moment ago I posted on the kick-off of this growing outlet (a reverse of the sad trend […]

  • Roland Giduz, No Longer the Old Codger Blogger

    I was saddened to hear that Roland has died. More here (H-S). Roland’s online presence as the “old codger blogger” here. Roland, a journalist, an activist, a leader, a “ne’er do well” and old codger was recently commissioned a Chapel Hill treasure, part of what made Chapel Hill cool.

  • Nov. 23: The History of Chapel Hill’s Dead Tree Media

    The troubled News and Observer posted this reminder: The Chapel Hill Historical Society will present The History of Print Media in Chapel Hill and Carrboro on Sunday from 3 to 5 p.m. The featured speakers will be Don Evans, an editor and writer at The Chapel Hill News for three decades, and Kirk Ross, former […]

  • Indy Endorsement: Letter to Editor Strom

    I called Jennifer Strom last week to see if the Indy would provide me the courtesy of a response to their endorsement comments. She said they would. Here’s my response: I’m baffled by the Indy’s comments on my and Mike Kelley’s candidacies. I’m mystified by your endorsement of Indy editor Jennifer Strom’s husband Bill Strom, […]

  • Election 2007: IndyWeek Endorsement,Booker Creek and the Incumbents

    X-posted from my campaign website. The Indy found fault with my style of dissent. I’m a big guy, have a deep voice and am passionate about my well-researched issues. I believe I’m respectful in my appearances before Council (example). Folks have told me that I’m tough but fair. The Indy’s criticism, no matter how emotionally […]

  • Tracey Coleman on Rogers Road: Most Popular Video To Date

    At 1460 hits, this video is by and far the most popular one I’ve posted on youTube. No surprise to me as Tracey did an incredibly eloquent presentation on the flawed Solid Waste Advisory Board’s search for a new trash transfer site.

  • CitizenWill: September 2005 to July 2007

    [UPDATE:] As one reader notes, I’ve also created content hosted elsewhere, notably on youTube and Google Video. Content includes the Weaver St. lawn dance protest, a “fly by” animation of what the Town’s Lot $$$5 downtown development debacle, the District 15B Superior Court forums and Rev. Campbell on the Rogers Road trash transfer station issue. […]

  • News & Observer: Old Dog, New Tricks

    First we have the N&O’s local property, The Chapel Hill News, jumping on-board the new media train – with video, their OrangeChat ‘blog – maybe in response to some citizen efforts and new outlets like the Carrboro Citizen. Now, the N&O’s Leah Friedman takes it to the next level, reporting a scant 3 hours (3:05pm […]

  • Broadcasting Localism, a People’s Channel Fundraiser

    As many of you know, I have a particular interest in employing technology to boost our citizens’ voices cost-effectively and in ways not otherwise possible. I met a kindred spirit in the The Peoples Channel’s director Chad Johnston many years ago when we both started attending the Town’s now defunct Technology Advisory Board to encourage […]

  • June 6th’s Closed Council Session

    As we wind down the planning for this fiscal year, Council’s deliberations take on a bit more gravitas, thus demand even more attention by the public. As one might observe listening to last year’s Lot #5 closed negotiations ( “Downtown Development Initiative: Listen and Learn How Negotiations Went Awry”), going too long or waiting until […]

  • Kerplunk! Chapel Hill Herald R.I.P?

    Via Jon Ham at the infamous Locke Foundation’s Right Angles: I just heard a rumor that the Paxton Media folks are going to kill The Chapel Hill Herald. If that’s true, then I guess I can cancel my plans to attend the 20th anniversary of the starting of that paper. I was the first editor […]