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Andy Bechtel
Assistant professor, University of North Carolina’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Andy Bechtel is an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication, where he teaches editing and newswriting. He writes a blog about editing and writing at editdesk.wordpress.com.
Bechtel has nearly 12 years of editing experience in newspapers, primarily at The News & Observer in Raleigh, N.C. He spent the summer of 2008 working as an editor at the website of the Los Angeles Times. His other experience includes work as a copy editor and page designer at the News & Record in Greensboro, N.C.
Bechtel is a member of the executive committee of the American Copy Editors Society, and he is the author of a Poynter NewsU course, Beyond the Inverted Pyramid: Creating Alternative Story Forms. He is a frequent contributor to the ACES newsletter, and he has written reviews and articles for Quill, Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly and Society for News Design Update.