If you make public records requests in North Carolina, you are undoubtedly familiar with N.C. Gen. Stat. § 132-6(a), which requires a public body to furnish responsive records “as promptly …
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Beth Soja
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5/30/23
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Members of the N.C. Press Association from around the state converged upon Goldsboro late Friday morning to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the group's formation.
The relevance extends …
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Phyllis Moore
Goldsboro News Argus
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5/13/23
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Raleigh, NC - April 14, 2023- North Carolina press association (NCPA), a leading newspaper trade association in Raleigh, is proud to endorse the Illinois Press Association's …
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Phil Lucey, NCPA
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4/28/23
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If you’re a journalist who has ever sought police body camera or dashboard camera recordings, you probably used the forms provided by the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts …
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Beth Soja & Mike Tadych
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4/26/23
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Like his predecessors in the General Assembly, Onslow County Sen. Michael Lazzara makes the same misguided arguments in his SB 200 that government should take over notifying the public of important …
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Bill Moss, Editor
Hendersonville Lightning
NCPA President
Lockwood Phillips, Owner, Editor, Publisher
Carteret Publishing Co.
Carteret County News-Times
Tideland News
Phil Lucey, Executive Director
NC Press Association
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4/18/23
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For nearly two decades, people who care about North Carolina’s most vulnerable, who relish understanding the people and politics that factor into the state’s policies, and who have strong …
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ROB SCHOFIELD
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4/6/23
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You may have heard the term “Section 230” thrown about recently. This section of the federal Communications Decency Act of 1996 has been around for more than 25 years, but it is getting …
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Amanda Martin, Beth Soja.
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3/29/23
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A newly sworn-in North Carolina General Assembly and a fresh legislative session present an opportunity to significantly advance government transparency and the people’s right to …
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Bill Moss
Phil Lucey
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3/13/23
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Lorraine “Lorry” Williams, the first woman to serve as executive editor of The Fayetteville Observer and a career journalist, died Tuesday morning.
Williams, 59, had battled with …
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3/2/23
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Last month we wrote about best practices in framing your public records requests. This month, we offer some specific language to put in your email or letter if you are responding to a public …
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Amanda Martin
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2/28/23
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Media Release
North Carolina Justice Center – www.ncjustice.org States Newsroom – www.statesnewsroom.com
February 23, 2023
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NCPW Staff
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2/23/23
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I’m an old newspaper guy, so I have to admit I was more than a bit excited when I witnessed the birth of a weekly rolling off the press for its first edition in early February.
Three …
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Kevin Ellis
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2/16/23
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Washington, D.C. – January 24, 2023 – The American Journalism Project announced its first three new grants of 2023 to nonprofit news organizations that aim to reach new audiences and …
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1/25/23
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Journalists at the Pilot were finalizing coverage Saturday night of a drag show targeted by protesters, when they spotted social media chatter about a power outage. John Nagy, the editor of the …
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Brittany Shammas
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12/8/22
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Burlington, NC – November 21, 2022 Paxton Media Group is acquiring six newspapers in North Carolina from Gannett Co., Inc. The titles include Lexington Dispatch, the Asheboro Courier-Tribune, …
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11/21/22
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The climate surrounding officer-involved fatalities is, in a word, dynamic. Whether a shooting or shootout, deadly force incident to an arrest or the service of a warrant, or a high-speed chase …
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Mike Tadych
mike@smvt.com
Beth Soja
beth@smvt.com
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10/31/22
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DENTON, N.C. (AP) — Former North Carolina state Sen. Stan Bingham, a businessman and newspaper publisher whose anecdotes and good-naturedness endeared him to colleagues from both parties, died …
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AP
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10/31/22
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Lawmakers in the N.C. General Assembly will again take up what, on its face, seems a commonsense bill that would open the disciplinary records of government employees. The Government Transparency Act …
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John Trump Wake Weekly
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9/29/22
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Here at Business North Carolina and our related publications, we embrace enthusiasm as one of our core values. We believe that creativity is the lifeblood for an enterprise like ours and that it …
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David Woronoff
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9/1/22
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There’s a basic human longing for a sense of place, some part of the world that’s home, a place where you are a part of something that feeds your soul. Find it, feel it, and …
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SCOTT MCLEOD
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9/1/22
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