The Daily Tar Heel | 3,992 followers on LinkedIn. The independent, student-run newspaper serving the communities of UNC-Chapel Hill and Orange County, N.C. since 1893. | The Daily Tar Heel is a student-run newspaper that serves the communities of UNC-Chapel Hill and Orange County, N.C. Student journalists are solely responsible for all DTH news content under the direction of the editor-in-chief. The 2025-26 editor-in-chief is Alli Pardue.