The TranspareNC Blog
N.C. Open Government Coalition Spearheads UNC Public Records Project
NC Open Government Coalition
June 21, 2021
The N.C. Open Government Coalition led a group of journalists, professors and nonprofit organizations seeking records related to Nikole Hannah-Jones’s hiring at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Eric Rowell wins 2021 Sunshine Award for efforts to increase transparency
NC Open Government Coalition
April 1, 2021
Rowell regularly seeks out and publishes information from the Town of Huntersville and other public bodies in the Charlotte metro region to increase public knowledge of government work.
Dryden Quigley wins Frank Barrows Award for investigation of COVID death
NC Open Government Coalition
March 31, 2021
Quigley used public records and open meetings to reveal that Darrell Kersey died of COVID-19 after contracting the illness during an outbreak at the Durham County Detention Facility.