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Bill Adair

The books I read in 2020

To escape the painful reality of the pandemic, I read a lot of novels in 2020 –including one about a pandemic.

3 min readDec 30, 2020

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The books I read in 2020

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Bill Adair

The books I read in 2019

I read 10 novels and eight non-fiction books in 2019. The novels were my favorites because they gave me a nice escape from the madness of…

3 min readJan 1, 2020

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The books I read in 2019

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Bill Adair

I love record stores. So why didn’t I buy anything at Amoeba Music?

Last week, I visited one of the coolest record stores in the world, Amoeba Music in San Francisco.

2 min readJul 18, 2019

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I love record stores. So why didn’t I buy anything at Amoeba Music?

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Bill Adair

Facts, community, and bears

My speech at the Warren Wilson College commencement, Asheville, N.C., May 11, 2019

7 min readMay 11, 2019

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The calling: How I fell in love with journalism

In which I reveal my fondness for brown corduroy suits.

3 min readFeb 12, 2019

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The calling: How I fell in love with journalism

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Bill Adair

The books I didn’t finish in 2018

The truth is that I start more books than I finish. I’ll get bored or decide the book hasn’t lived up to billing. Or something better …

3 min readDec 29, 2018

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The books I didn’t finish in 2018

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Bill Adair

Syllabus: Advanced Reporting Lab: Covering Local News in Durham, N.C.

PJMS 391 — Fall 2018

6 min readAug 27, 2018

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Bill Adair

The bad UX of my local Target

Has anyone seen the English muffins?

3 min readJul 13, 2018

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The bad UX of my local Target

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Bill Adair

“Journalists must speak up and push back”

My First Amendment Day speech at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Sept. 26, 2017.

11 min readSep 27, 2017

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How Amazon can help local news with the Echo Show

Our Amazon Echo Show sits on the kitchen counter flashing a mix of user tips (“Try ‘Alexa, tell me a Star Trek joke’ ”) and click-baity…

2 min readJul 27, 2017

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Bill Adair

Bill Adair

Knight Professor of the Practice of Journalism and Public Policy at Duke University; creator of PolitiFact; Blue Devil of the Week, March 7–15, 2016.

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