the water’s fine

"If you really want to start newspapering, don't be surprised if you have to wear the same suit of clothes for two years. ... Still, you'll be mighty welcome. Come on in — there's nothing the matter with the water except all the sewers empty into it."

— O.J. "Skipper" Coffin, a Charlotte Observer editor, to prospective journalist William Henry Jones in 1915

I'm a senior at UNC-Chapel Hill and The Daily Tar Heel's community manager. I just wrapped up a year as managing editor for online, and before that a year as managing editor for print. I've interned at The St. Petersburg Times, The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, The Salisbury Post and The (Southern Pines) Pilot. Reach me at saraegregory (at) gmail (dot) com.