The North Carolina Capital Press Corps is the organization for affiliated reporters and photographers covering state government in Raleigh.
The corps’ primary functions are to issue credentials and working space to journalists working in the NC Legislative Building. Membership consists of journalists covering state government full-time who work for organizations whose primary business function is the collection and dissemination of general news and information. Permanent press corps members’ full-time job is covering state government in Raleigh. Provisional press corps members are qualifying government reporters and photographers who don’t cover the legislature full-time but who are issued temporary credentials for when they are there. For more information and to request credentials, contact the press corps president. Daily press passes may be available for qualifying visiting press.
The Press Conference Room is on the first floor of the Legislative Building. The Press Room is in Room 8, between the basement near the cafeteria and the N.C. General Assembly police office. There is also press corps space between the House and Senate chambers.
The Capital Press Corps president is Gary Robertson of The Associated Press. The immediate past president is Dawn B. Vaughan, the Capitol Bureau Chief at The News & Observer.
Permanent members for 2025-2026 legislative session:
The Associated Press
Press Room: 919-821-4208
Gary Robertson: grobertson@ap.org; 919-630-3196 mobile
Makiya Seminera mseminera@ap.org; 347-277-9153 mobile
The News & Observer (and The Charlotte Observer)
Dawn B. Vaughan (Capitol Bureau Chief): dvaughan@newsobserver.com; 919-829-4877 office; 919-219-1921 mobile
Avi Bajpai: abajpai@newsobserver.com; 919-346-4817 office; 646-725-9985 mobile
Luciana Perez Uribe Guinassi: lperezu@newsobserver.com; 919-829-4578 office; 984-220-7660 mobile
Kyle Ingram: kingram@newsobserver.com; 980-307-3340 mobile
NC Insider/State Affairs
Reporter: Matthew Sasser: msasser@stateaffairs.com; 804-513-8948 mobile
General Manager: Clifton Dowell: cdowell@stateaffairs.com; 919-246-5437 mobile
NC Newsline
Lynn Bonner: lbonner@ncnewsline.com; 919-699-3969
Galen Bacharier: gbacharier@ncnewsline.com; 573-219-7440
Christine Zhu: czhu@ncnewsline.com
North Carolina Tribune/Business North Carolina
Ray Gronberg: rgrongberg@businessnc.com; 919-360-0069
WUNC - NC Public Radio
Press Room: 919-831-9862
Colin Campbell (Capitol Bureau Chief): ccampbell@wunc.org; 919-295-3869
Rusty Jacobs: rjacobs@wunc.org; 919-225-6378
WNCN - CBS17
Deana Harley: dharley@cbs17.com; 610-914-3896
Michael Barnard: mbarnard@cbs17.com; 919-306-6534
Spectrum News
Office: 919-882-4040
Vacant (Legislative Reporter)
Mark Barger (Chief Photographer): mark.barger@charter.com; 919-612-6915
Maurice Griffin (Senior Photographer): maurice.griffin@charter.com; 919-612-6881
WRAL-TV
Office: 919-821-8584
Press Room: 919-828-8527
Laura Leslie (Capitol Bureau Chief): lauraleslie@wral.com; 919-619-3099
Will Doran: wdoran@wral.com; 850-933-5310
Josie Zimmer: jzimmer@wral.com
WTVD-ABC11
Office: 919-683-1111
Michael Perchick (Reporter): michael.d.perchick@abc.com
Aaron Asselin: Aaron.D.Asselin@abc.com
Shawn.Replogle: Shawn.Replogle@abc.com
North Carolina Health News
Office: 919-295-6246
Rose Hoban: editor@northcarolinahealthnews.org; 510-384-0832
Grace Vitaglione: grace@northcarolinahealthnews.org; 919-374-8125
Axios Raleigh
Lucille Sherman: lucille.sherman@axios.com; 405-471-7979
Courthouse News Service:
Sydney Haulenbeek: raleigh@Courthousenews.com
Provisional members for 2025-26 legislative session:
Enlace Latino NC
Walter Gomez: walter@enlacelatinonc.org; 919-441-5698
Claudia Rivera Cotto: claudia@enlacelatinonc.org; 787-430-1780
Carolina Public Press
Sarah Michels: smichels@carolinapublicpress.org; 984-329-0092
EducationNC
Chantal Brown: cbrown@ednc.org; 216-534-1811
Benjamin Humphries: bhumphries@ednc.org; 919-413-0002
The New York Times
Eduardo Medina: eduardo.medina@nytimes.com
USA Today Network (Wilmington StarNews, Fayetteville Observer, Asheville Citizen-Times)
Vacant