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.
I'm not sure which is more odd about this interview with former House member Tom DeLay — that DeLay doesn't seem to know the content of his own book or that he doesn't know that cliches are to be avoided. Either way, his editor should have done a better job helping him with the book and preparing for questions about some of its phrasing.