Category Archives: Calls from readers

Thanks for calling, York County

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Kara Eberle

In a world filled with tweets, Facebook posts and web updates, it can be easy to forget some of the old-fashioned ways we get news tips.

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How does the York Daily Record decide how to refer to a transgender person?

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Randy Parker

Readers have been asking why the York Daily Record refers to a transgender student at Red Lion Area Senior High School as “he,” and by the name Issak Oliver Wolfe, rather than as “she” and the name Sierra Stambaugh.

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Why York journalists are covering the shooting in Newtown, Conn.

Posted on December 16, 2012 by Randy Parker

Some readers have noticed that YDR reporter Lauren Boyer and Photographer Chris Dunn have been reporting from Newtown, Conn., this week in the wake of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School. And some are asking why. Why would a … Continue reading →

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Reader warning: Don’t be a victim of phone scams

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Kara Eberle

This morning, I talked to a York County man who says he was nearly the victim of a phone scam. He said someone left a message with his employer, saying he was being sued and that he needed to return … Continue reading →

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