Poynter.
By Amaris Castillo
August 30, 2023
The new edition of The Daily Tar Heel was supposed to be about the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s upcoming football season. Then an armed person was reported to be on campus Monday afternoon. The university went into an hourslong lockdown. The suspect was later arrested in the fatal shooting of a faculty member.
Members of the independent student newspaper staff regrouped Monday evening. They scrapped their original idea for the front page.