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Bill Adair, seated left and wearing a suit while holding a microphone gesticulates to the audience. Next to him is Hallie Jackson wearing a dark blazer and blue jeans. Behind them is a wall of books and a blue and white Politics & Prose vertical banner.

In ‘Beyond the Big Lie,’ Bill Adair breaks down the data, damage and solutions to the epidemic of political lies

By Catherine Komp, Engagement Director For decades, Bill Adair’s days and nights have been filled with a quest to promote truth and squash lies. The longtime journalist founded PolitiFact in 2007 as a solution to a news and information gap:…

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From Google Docs to Discord: How grassroots collaboration filled information gaps during Hurricane Helene

By Melody Joy Kramer, NC Local News Workshop Helen Hub project manager I’m a librarian and journalist, and I’ve long been interested in how and where people get information from non-traditional news sources, whether that’s a Discord server or a…

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Keri Scott, wearing a dark polo and capri leggings and Michelle Fisher, wearing a moss green tank and dark shorts, smile and stand on the ramp in front of the small Monster Storage and Camelot Mobile Home office.

Dispatch from Asheville: At senior mobile home park, mutual aid holds community together in aftermath of Helene

By Catherine Komp, Engagement Director Each day since Tropical Storm Helene, Michelle Fisher has gotten up at dawn and worked past dark to take care of the community at Camelot Senior Mobile Home Park in South Asheville. The residents here,…

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Logan Craig, wearing a Waffle House navy blue uniform and baseball hat stands in the parking lot in from of the restaurant. A white car and a few people are pictured to his right.

Dispatch from Asheville: After Helene, service workers keep survivors and emergency personnel fed and sheltered

By Catherine Komp, Engagement Director A steady stream of locals, travelers and emergency personnel fill the parking lot of Waffle House in South Asheville. The familiar golden yellow lights have continued to glow, and jump teams from Raleigh, Atlanta and…

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A lavender graphic with a portrait of Chris Cooper on the left, he's standing in front of a window with sunlight pouring in and wearing a blue sport coat and light blue button down shirt. In the middle of the graphic is the purple cover of "Anatomy of a Purple State," and to the right is the quote: "The state level is where the action is, it is where the policies that affect our lives mean the most, and it's where we can have the greatest impact."

With ‘Anatomy of a Purple State,’ Chris Cooper aims to spark more participation in North Carolina politics

By Catherine Komp, Engagement Director In the acknowledgements of “Anatomy of a Purple State: a North Carolina Politics Primer,” Political Scientist and WCU Professor Christopher Cooper writes “answers are easy to come by, the thought is in the question.” “I…

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