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.
While we editors discuss whether to call the place Burma and Myanmar, an American reporter takes us inside the closed country, which was recently hit by a deadly cyclone. It's a compelling read, told from the first person.
I pray for Burma and I am for Burma.