The North Carolina Open Government Coalition presented the 2024 Frank Barrows Award for Excellence in Student Journalism to the 9th Street Journal for its series examining obscure local boards and commissions in Durham. Student journalists at the 9th Street Journal launched the project to find out what happens at the public meetings of public bodies […]
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The North Carolina Open Government Coalition presented the Sunshine Award for Government Service to N.C. Senator Graig Meyer for his efforts to publicize anti-transparency policies and procedures at the North Carolina legislature. In September 2023, the North Carolina General Assembly passed a sweeping legislative privilege law that allowed lawmakers to decide for themselves what records
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The North Carolina Open Government Coalition presented the Sunshine Award for Citizen Advocacy to Joshua Rohrer, a veteran who is calling for more public access to police body camera footage. After serving in the armed forces in Iraq, Joshua Rohrer suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder. After a while, he became homeless. On October 13, 2021,
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The North Carolina Open Government Coalition presented the Sunshine Award for Journalism to Michael Hewlett, a reporter for the Assembly NC, for his investigation into the prosecution of Charles McNeair and his quest for clemency. Hewlett’s reporting of the McNeair case captures in devastating detail the stakes of the criminal justice system and the importance
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Lorem is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting,
Lorem is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting,
State Treasurer Dale Folwell and his staff received the awarded a Sunshine Award for Government for their service in responding to and fulfilling public records requests.
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News & Observer reporter Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan garnered a Sunshine Award for Journalism for a series of stories tracking budget negotiations among state legislators.
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The Duke Chronicle was awarded the 2022 Frank Barrows Award for Excellence in Student Journalism for investigation into use of force by the Duke University Police Department.
