In December, we published Milla Surjadi’s elegant essay about how she is learning to do her reporting with both rigor and humanity. She has now…
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Three years ago, Josh Sotomayor offered to mop the floors of the District Attorney’s office. He had entered law school four years earlier with hopes…
A visitor discovered the first victim half-naked in a bathroom at Duke Hospital, recovering from having been choked unconscious. Bits of her attacker’s flesh were…
Few journalists covered the Durham elections more closely than the student reporters of The 9th Street Journal. They spent hours with the candidates, attended campaign…
Alison Jones, a veteran editor with roots in Durham, will be joining the DeWitt Wallace Center for Media & Democracy as the managing editor of…
At the Durham County Courthouse, judgments begin before a case is even heard. The first judgment happens at the doors of the courthouse, where deputies…
In September, we introduced Reflections, a series of occasional pieces that feature 9th Street Journal reporters writing about lessons they’ve learned — about themselves and…
The state legislators donned flashy bow ties and ceremoniously plucked the name of one North Carolina county from a sequined, light-up, red, white, and blue…
Judge Michael O’Foghludha tried to calm the defendant who wore the mask with the backwards swastika. “Don’t get upset,” the judge said in soothing…
Editor’s note: Reflections is a feature that encourages student journalists to explore how they have learned and grown from the stories they have written for…