About WRAL Focal Point

Focal PointFocal Point's in-depth news programs about North Carolina issues focus on a single topic for 30 minutes to an hour, bringing depth and clarity to complicated issues.

From North Carolina's economy and environment, to health care and race relations, Focal Point takes viewers inside the lives of the people most affected and tackles the tough questions with leaders and policymakers who have the power to effect change.

The series is hosted by WRAL News anchors, including Gerald Owens, David Crabtree, Pam Saulsby, Bill Leslie and Debra Morgan.

Six to eight new episodes of Focal Point will be produced each year.

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 Staff

  • Writer/Producer: Clay Johnson
  • Photographer/Editor: Jay Jennings
  • Research & Production Assistant: Laura Riddle

Recent Blogposts

  1. Gaming Guru: April brings showers of game sales

  2. Dispatches From a Reporter's Notebook: Profile in Courage

  3. WRAL Sports: The ACC & Beyond: Ryan Craig: NCAA, NBA need to look at academic, playing requisites

  4. Lynda Loveland's Babyology Blog: Potty training the boy

  5. Gardening Gloves: Easy to Grow Roses

  6. The Skinny : Brighter future looms for Kannapolis where biotech is replacing textiles

  7. Bill Leslie's Carolina Conversations: See you in Rocky Mount

  8. Brian Shrader's Siteseeing Blog: A very, very big snail

  9. WRAL WeatherCenter Blog: Humans causing climate change? A new NASA study says "yes"

  10. High School Sports: Clearing some things up about fights

  11. Carolina Skies: See the International Space Station from your Backyard!

  12. David Glenn's ACC Journal: Johnny Dawkins Q&A, Part 2

  13. Bill Leslie's Carolina Conversations: My New Cousin

  14. Brian Shrader's Siteseeing Blog: Cats that look like Wilford Brimley

  15. The Skinny : Is Global TransPark really the ‘best thing we’ve got going’ in N.C.?