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I recently completed two years of service as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Republic of Moldova, and I have a message that I would very much like to give to my fellow North Carolinians; Enjoy your …
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Mark Gilchrist
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9/11/17
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Alex is an ad manager who wants his sales team to be professional from start to finish. “Some sales people talk too much, especially at the end of a sales conversation,” he said. “It’s like a …
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John Foust
Raleigh, NC
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8/28/17
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National Newspaper Week is Oct. 1-7
This year we mark the 77th anniversary of National Newspaper Week (NNW), Oct. 1-7 . The annual observance celebrates and emphasizes the impact of …
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NCPA
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8/15/17
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“Personal Email” as Public Records
Gmail. Yahoo! AOL. Do these sound like official email accounts for the conduct of public business? They can be.
The NC Public Records Law …
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Amanda Martin
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8/15/17
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Dealing with non-employees and non-employee content
We all know that there is a fair amount of red tape that comes with having employees. You have to supervise and mentor them. They want to …
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8/8/17
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The News & Observer began a five-part investigative series, Jailed to Death, that exposes dozens of deaths in which North Carolina jails failed state supervision requirements for the safety and …
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Dan Kane
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8/8/17
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I love golf, but I’m a terrible golfer. I’m the only golfer I know who has lost someone else’s golf ball. On a best-ball round, I mistakenly hit the wrong ball – directly into a lake.
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John Foust
Raleigh, NC
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8/7/17
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A PAIR OF NORTH CAROLINA sheriff’s offices, in Ashe and Union counties, have a couple things in common. Each is on the receiving end of open records requests from an investigative TV reporter …
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CJR
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8/7/17
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In August, NewspaperAcademy.com will offer a $10 discount on all of our webinars for members of your press association. This reduces the rate of each webinar to $39.
Your members can receive their …
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7/31/17
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The Robesonian newspaper, which has been an afternoon publication since it was established in 1870, will become a morning newspaper, meaning subscribers will be able to find it in their yards …
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7/31/17
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CAN WE TALK?
Getting Information from Sources
Who May Be Breaking the Law
If asked whether a reporter faces liability for asking a source to provide information that legally is secret, …
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Amanda Martin
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7/25/17
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The High Country PIO Network is sponsoring a Media Summit on August 1. To strengthen relationships with local and regional media outlets, the Network has opened registration to the event to members …
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7/25/17
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TAKE THAT DOWN!
Have you gotten a call or letter or email from a lawyer saying his client’s record has been expunged, and so the story you posted last year no longer is accurate? …
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Amanda Martin
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7/18/17
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Jack Trawick, an editor who coordinated the Winston-Salem Journal’s 1971 Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of the effects of strip mining in Appalachia, died Saturday at Forsyth Medical Center. …
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7/13/17
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The Wichita Eagle has named as its new publisher a man who started his career with the newspaper.Fifty-nine-year-old Kelly Mirt will return as publisher and vice president of adverting for the Eagle …
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7/13/17
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You may be familiar with the provision of the Public Records Law that says you get to ask for public records in whatever format you want, so long as they can be provided that …
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Amanda Martin
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7/12/17
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SAVE THE DATE
NCPA will meet at the Marriott Crabtree in Raleigh on 2/21-23, 2018.
2017 saw record crowds and a banquet so big we had to go find a bigger space. The Marriott Crabtree is newly …
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7/7/17
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Sister newspapers in Eastern North Carolina are reorganizing their newsroom structures in a push to enhance local coverage on digital news platforms. Newspapers primarily affected by the …
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7/5/17
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Did you know that starting July 1, public agencies can decline to give you hard copy records that are posted online? Or that UNC recently refused to release emails from a faculty member, claiming …
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Amanda Martin
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6/29/17
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina state senator has referred to several news outlets on Twitter as "jihad media" for their reporting on state and national stories. The News & Observer …
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AP
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6/29/17
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