If State Sen. Trudy Wade, R-Guilford, has her way, legal advertising will no longer be required in North Carolina newspapers. But Pamlico County’s Norman Sanderson is working with others to …
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Jacksonville Daily News, New Bern Sun Journal
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4/13/17
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Selling and sailing have a lot in common. Consider the jibe.
A sailboat cannot sail directly into the wind, but it can sail at angles to the wind. The closest point of sail is approximately …
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John Foust
Raleigh, NC
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1/19/18
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Back on March 10, 2020, Governor Roy Cooper declared a state of emergency in North Carolina “to coordinate response and protective actions to prevent the spread of COVID-19,” and with …
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Beth Soja
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9/29/22
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An exchange in an editors’ hotline probed a familiar topic: When is a business announcement considered news, and when is it an ad? The item in question was a new employee at an auction and …
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Jim Pumarlo
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12/2/16
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German poet and writer Georg Buchner may have lived 200 years ago but his words still ring true today, "Government must be a transparent garment which tightly clings to the people's body."
In …
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The Sanford Herald
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4/13/17
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Most reporters can likely relate to this scenario. Someone speaks up at a public meeting to unleash criticism about an individual or organization. Reporters have little difficulty presenting a …
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Jim Pumarlo
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1/22/18
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Senate Bill 355, legislation that promotes and enhances public access to the performance records of public employees, is generating significant resistance from various state organizations that have …
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Carteret County News Times Editorial
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5/7/21
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As the toll of the coronavirus rises daily, we are getting calls about what to do if you cannot put out your print newspaper. That might happen either because your advertising drops to the …
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Amanda Martin
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3/23/20
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The NC Press Association 1) corrects the misinformation in NCAE's letter about the public records laws in other states (where virtually complete public access to the entire government personnel file …
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5/10/21
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Newsrooms have toiled the past many weeks churning out stories to help voters make informed choices on Election Day. Now you’re ready to put the exclamation point on coverage.
“Votes …
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Jim Pumarlo
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10/10/22
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Barney Hill is about as involved as a person can be in local government without running for election – and possibly more involved than many who do hold office.Hill – a prolific writer of …
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Scott Jenkins, The Dispatch
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4/13/17
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You are the first editor of your writing. Yes, you are the first editor.
You are the writer, too. You wrote with both sides of your brain.
The right artistic side helped …
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Jerry Bellune
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10/20/22
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Sampson Independent, Yankton County Observer
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4/13/17
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MASSIVE FORGIVABLE LOANS – AKA GRANTS – TO GET YOU THROUGH THE PASS
The CARES Act authorized $349 billion in loans, including a Paycheck Protection Program, which can be used to fund …
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Amanda Martin
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3/30/20
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With no meaningful state law giving North Carolinians the right to see disciplinary records of those they employ in state and local government jobs, how will we ever know?
How will we know …
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PAUL MAUNEY and BILL MOSS
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5/20/21
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If you’ve been to a symphony concert, you’ve witnessed the cacophony of sound before the concert begins. Every instrument seems to be in its own world, independently running through the …
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John Foust
Greensboro, NC
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10/20/22
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Three Republicans in the N.C. Senate filed a bill March 21 to let local governments post public notices on their own websites rather than buying space in newspapers for them, and to post legal …
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StarNews
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4/13/17
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With the increase of student activism brought on by recent school shootings, journalists must look to new (and younger) sources of information than they ever have before in order to get their …
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Alexandria Neason
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4/6/18
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Richard is an advertiser who has seen years of sales presentations. His pet peeve is any salesperson who shows up unprepared. “It’s a waste of valuable time to be in a meeting where …
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John Foust
Raleigh, NC
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3/30/20
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