Joe Killian
Greensboro Editor at The Assembly
Greensboro Editor for The Assembly. Formerly: NC Newsline, NC Policy Watch, News & Record, The Bristol Press, Cape Cod Times, Youth Journalism International.
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1 week ago |
theassemblync.com | Joe Killian
When journalist Brian Goldstone set out to write a book about homelessness in Atlanta, he thought he knew some things. He’d lived in Atlanta for years, and been a reporter writing about poverty and inequality for publications like Harper’s and The New York Times. In reality, he told a crowd at an event at First Lutheran Church last week, he found himself confronting even his own misguided assumptions about who becomes homeless, how, and why.
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3 weeks ago |
theassemblync.com | Joe Killian
When a group of state senators filed a bill last week to earmark $500,000 to study building a professional wrestling hall of fame in North Carolina, it made national headlines and went viral online. That wasn’t an accident. Sen. Jay Chaudhuri (D-Wake) filed a similar bill two years ago. In wrestling parlance, it did not “get over.” It got no real media attention or public buzz, and there was little chance of it passing or inspiring a private effort to get the hall off the ground.
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4 weeks ago |
theassemblync.com | Joe Killian
Greensboro Mayor Pro Tempore Marikay Abuzuaiter officially announced her run for mayor Wednesday, confirming an ambition many across the city have suspected for years. Abuzuaiter, 70, has been a constant on the council since her first election in 2011—but getting there in the first place wasn’t easy. “If you don’t remember, I lost twice!” she told The Assembly this week. “It’s okay if you don’t, really.”Abuzuaiter always had an interest in local politics.
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1 month ago |
theassemblync.com | Joe Killian
Dr. Mary Jo Cagle, the president and CEO of Cone Health, is stepping down to deal with a serious family health matter. Her last day will be May 31. “It has been a joy and privilege to lead this system,” Cagle said in a press statement Wednesday. “I’m incredibly proud of all we’ve accomplished to increase access to care, enhance patient safety and care quality.
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2 months ago |
theassemblync.com | Joe Killian
When Rev. Nelson Johnson died Monday at 81, everyone from local Greensboro activists to the city’s highest elected leaders praised the Civil Rights icon who stayed rooted in the city despite his national profile. From his days as a young radical at N.C. A&T University to surviving the Greensboro Massacre in 1979 and beyond, Johnson earned a reputation as an uncompromising crusader for workers’ rights, the city’s poor, and fighting racism.
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