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N.C. Appeals Court Strengthens Fair Report Privilege
Note: N.C. Open Government Coalition board member Amanda Martin contributed this post. Martin serves as counsel for the North Carolina Press Association and Supervising Attorney for the First Amendment Law Clinic at Duke University. The N.C. Court of Appeals handed down some very good news for journalists this month. The case arose after the arrest
Open Letter: UNC’s Surveillance of Faculty E-mail
The N.C. Open Government Coalition explains the public records implications of universities’ requests to monitor faculty and staff e-mail and cloud storage.
N.C. Treasurer Dale Folwell’s office wins Sunshine Award for government
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.
News & Observer journalist wins Sunshine Award for coverage of budget transparency
News & Observer reporter Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan garnered a Sunshine Award for Journalism for a series of stories tracking budget negotiations among state legislators.
Duke Chronicle journalists win Frank Barrows Award for series on use of force by Duke University police
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.
News & Observer journalists win Sunshine Award for investigative reporting at UNC
News & Observer reporters Dan Kane, Kate Murphy, and Martha Quillin received a Sunshine Award for an investigative series highlighting transparency problems at UNC.
RT @mtdukes: Just wrapped up an initial open-source release of an R package for parsing the notoriously archaic 5-year extract of North Car…
Read MoreSave the date! The 2nd annual NC News & Information Summit will be March 16, 2023 during Sunshine Week.📆. Excited to join @NCNewsWorks and put on another great event. Follow along for news abou...
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RT @mtdukes: Narrator: The email from a government spokesperson was *not* off the record. https://t.co/8oGVQ8zfDn
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