I believe during my first year at the N&O (1992), I wrote a daily about the BBC takever of the administration bulding at UNC. I remember the event, the date is fuzzy...
And by the way, I concur with your thoughs on Ning. We spent six months building a site on Drupal, and then scrapped it for Ning (which took 10 minutes to launch). Though let me say, I'm still a Drupal fan and love the new version of OrangePolitics...
Ruby: Welcome! My first job after college was in the Chapel Hill bureau of The News & Observer (well before they bought the Chapel Hill News and moved up Franklin Street).
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And by the way, I concur with your thoughs on Ning. We spent six months building a site on Drupal, and then scrapped it for Ning (which took 10 minutes to launch). Though let me say, I'm still a Drupal fan and love the new version of OrangePolitics...