Labour & economy · Public life
The Backbone of the Economy: Early Childhood Educators
Low pay and flat federal subsidies are pushing North Carolina's childcare workforce out of the classroom.
Tiffany Plusnick reports on local government, public policy and culture — from a mayor in Aynor to a $4.7 billion cut to Title I — with 16 published bylines across 3 mastheads.

Photograph by Tiffany Plusnick · MyHorryNews.com

Labour & economy · Public life
Low pay and flat federal subsidies are pushing North Carolina's childcare workforce out of the classroom.
Live music · The Daily Tar Heel
Three bands, one stage and a packed room on a weekend night in Chapel Hill.
Statehouse · Public life
Rural departments are losing volunteers. House Bill 355 would study how to get them back.
Small business · MyHorryNews.com
Seven years after COVID closed her doors, Dottie Klein is rolling out mats again on Main Street.
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Town council meetings, new businesses opening on Main Street, and the people who show up to both.
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What a bill in the statehouse or a budget cut in Washington actually costs a family back home.
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New albums, opening nights and author talks — reviewed the same week they happen.
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Longer magazine pieces on borders, politics, and how countries deal with each other.
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Each of these ran in the paper with her name on both the article and the photo. You get the writing and the pictures from one person.






Commissions
She takes news reporting, features and profiles, reviews of music and theatre, and photography — anywhere in the Carolinas. Tell her the story and the deadline and she will say straight away whether she can take it.
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