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Pat Stith recalls his first investigative journalism report as a newspaper reporter for The Charlotte News. He discusses his investigation of pollution and the piping of waste by industry into Little Sugar Creek and other creeks in Charlotte, North Carolina. He also reminisces about some of his favorite investigations as a reporter, including the Pulitzer Prize-winner article "Boss Hog."

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Title
Pat Stith oral history interview, 2014 July 28
Creator
Stith, Pat (William F.), 1942- interviewee
Contributor
Todd, Tenille, interviewer
Date (Text)
2014-07-28
Place of Creation
Charlotte, North Carolina
Publisher
J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections & University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Extent
2 video files (59 minutes) : digital, MP4 + 1 transcript (19 pages, PDF)
Biographical/Historical Note
William F. "Pat" Stith was a 72-year-old man at the time of this interview, which took place at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte's Center City building in Charlotte, North Carolina. He was born in Gadsden, Alabama in 1942. He received his BA in Journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1966. He was employed as an investigative reporter at the Raleigh News and Observer newspaper.
Other Identifiers
Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13093/uncc:2995
System Control No.
cc:st0010
Subject (Person)
Stith, Pat (William F.), 1942-
Subject (Corporate)
University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Urban Institute
Subject (Topic)
Journalism
Newspapers
Reporters and reporting
Sewage
Water--Pollution
Rivers
Geographic Coverage
North Carolina--Charlotte
North Carolina--Mecklenburg County
Subject (Occupation)
Journalists
Subject (Date)
1950-2020
Type
Moving image
Format
spoken word
Oral histories
Language
English
Usage Statement
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This material is protected by copyright. Copyright is held by Pat Stith and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Record Appears in
Oral History Collections > Keeping Watch: City of Creeks
Internet Mime Type
audio/mpeg
video/mp4
text/pdf
Location of Original
J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections & University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Reproduction Note
MP4 access copy created on ingest from MKV preservation master.
2014-07-28
Related Materials
Mary Newsom papers concerning the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute, MS0576, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. https://findingaids.uncc.edu/repositories/4/resources/1479
Condition
This interview is in two parts, Part 1 and Part 2. Time stamps will reflect this. The interview was done in a public art exhibit and there are a few times when the door opens and closes noisily and a few people are talking.

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