Jarrard Cole has an eye for design and an appetite for efficiency.
Cole, who is from Georgia and serves as visual managing editor for The Daily Tar Heel, said he envisions leading a more streamlined newspaper.
And he hopes to accomplish this goal as next year’s editor-in-chief.
Cole said he wants to preserve what works well while ensuring there is less bureaucracy.
“Streamlining the paper will improve the workflow within the paper and also improve the quality,” he said.
Cole said he would like to merge some desks to ensure that all editors do a comparable amount of work. He also wants to be more selective when hiring new writers.
“I also want to work to improve transparency and accuracy at the paper,” he said.
Cole said he would accomplish this by encouraging reporters to email their stories to sources after publication, which would help quickly correct errors or misrepresentations.
He said he wants print and online stories to be less separate, ensuring that DTH online content is as consistently updated and robust as its print offerings.