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On the eve of the 2020 U.S. Presidential election, I preview the North Carolina vote on Australia’s Sky TV.  

In the final days of the 2020 U.S. Presidential campaign, I talked with Cam Reddin of the Australian radio network 2GB about the outlook for North Carolina.  

Next August, the Republican National Convention will be held in Charlotte. I talked with PBS NewsHour’s Hari Sreenivasan about how North Carolina’s changing demographics may affect the election.

On Ken Rudin’s “Politicl Junkie” podcast, I talked about the late Congressman Walter Jones Jr. (R-NC), whose conservative views on social issues and strong anti-war beliefs made him unusually independent in today’s hyper-partisan Congress.

Facebook is responding to concerns about fake news proliferating the site. The company announced it’s testing new ways to root out fake articles, allowing users to flag suspicious content and using fact-checkers to verify it. I talk about Facebook’s plan on KQED-San Francisco.

When covering a developing story involving a mass shooting, there’s a fine line between providing important background information and glamorizing the gunman. On WRAL’s “On the Record,” I discussed ethical guidelines that journalists should follow when covering violence.

A Texas Grand Jury indicted two activists who made secret videos inside a Planned Parenthood office. Though the activists said they were acting as “undercover journalists,” their behavior was well outside standard journalistic ethics. I talked about it on Texas Public Radio.

The Des Moines Register is betting that young readers want to get their news with the same technology that some use to play video games. The newspaper is experimenting with virtual reality storytelling, in which users can immerse themselves in stories by wearing 3D goggles that track their head movements.

I was among the guests on Bill Moyers’ public television show, as he examined efforts by North Carolina Republicans to transform the state government. We talked about North Carolina’s history and its turbulent politics as a “purple state.”