Name: Andy Bechtel From: UNC-Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States About me: I teach editing and writing at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at UNC-Chapel Hill. I'm interested in new ways to tell news stories and in the ethical and political ramifications of word choices (terrorist surveillance program, domestic spying or something in between?).
I have 12 years of experience in newspaper editing, most recently at The News & Observer in Raleigh, N.C.
Bill Cloud, a sharp-eyed colleague and fellow teacher of editing, ran across this description of Dean Smith, former basketball coach of the Tar Heels. My guess is the writer meant "genteel" or perhaps "gentle."
