You heard the man
As JR announced today, you're now officially invited to contribute stories to the site:
Everyone can be a reporter, and we want your stories. Know about some news? Write it as a story and e-mail it to us. Know an interesting person or place? We'll publish a story about it online. Disagree with how we've presented a news event ... you attended or participated in? Rewrite our story the way you think it should read. E-mail all such submissions to Lex. ... They will be lightly edited for libel, veracity and grammar.And I mean "lightly." I'll get back to you about any factual assertion that looks potentially libelous and I'll fix any grammar problems at least to the point where no one has to look silly in print. But it'll be your story, written in your voice.
If you don't do much writing, approach your story as if you're just telling it to someone you know well over a cup of coffee or a beer. Don't try to write like professional journalists. We tried that, and all we've got to show for it is falling circulation. :-)
So, Greensboro and the Triad, we know you have stories. It's time to bring 'em.