Here's what the WRAL Documentary team learned from its five stories this year

This year, the WRAL Documentary team premiered five stories. They range in topics from western North Carolina recovering from Hurricane Helene to the first season of Bill Belichick's tenure at UNC. 

WRAL's Cristin Severance sat down to talk through these five stories, what they learned and what they hope people take away from these documentaries.

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