Articles by Colin Donohue
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NPR journalist discusses Supreme Court in final Sunshine Day event in Greensboro, N.C.
March 18, 2010
NPR Legal Affairs Correspondent Nina Totenberg gave the Supreme Court justices a human quality on March 16 in the Carolina Theater in Greensboro, N.C., delivering the keynote address that ended the state’s annual Sunshine Day, which aims to recognize openness in government and to honor those who work to promote transparency.
City of Greensboro looks to better involve citizens, aims for faster turnaround of public records
March 17, 2010
The city of Greensboro has not always been viewed among journalists as the most open and accessible, but despite past transgressions, Greensboro is attempting to change and bring more sunshine to its proceedings.
The biggest issues of investigative journalism brought to light
March 17, 2010
How should journalists go about getting a story using public records? Is it ethical to cover the hospitalization of a public figure? And who should shield laws protect--are bloggers to be given the same rights as professional journalists?
Panelists share experiences with open records laws
March 17, 2010
Andy Curliss, Dick Barron and Ames Alexander will tell you some of the largest stories in journalism require open access to records so reporters can gather information.
Sunshine Day celebrates freedom of information for private, public citizens alike
March 17, 2010
Public records are just that--public. Every citizen is entitled to view records of an arrest warrant and go to certain government meetings--and they should be allowed to do so. Protecting and celebrating these rights is what the Sunshine Center and the North Carolina Open Government Coalition does annually during its Sunshine Day events.
Lawyer updates Sunshine Day attendees on N.C. open government policy
March 17, 2010
An attorney with Brooks Pierce updated Sunshine Day attendees on government transparency, saying that threats to openness in government in North Carolina remain.
NC Open Government Coalition hosts event to honor sunshine laws; president thanks supporters
March 17, 2010
Hugh Stevens, the president of the North Carolina Open Government Coalition, expressed his gratitude to the various organizations that have supported the coalition at the beginning of Sunshine Day on March 16. The event was hosted at the International Civil Rights Center and Museum in Greensboro, N.C.
Colin Donohue and Travis Lusk '05 present at annual College Media Advisers conference
March 17, 2010
Travis Lusk, a 2005 Elon alumnus, and Colin Donohue, coordinator of student media in the School of Communications, presented two sessions about student media Web site development on March 15 at the College Media Advisers conference in New York.
Colin Donohue has Book Review Published in NRJ
March 17, 2010
School of Communications staff member Colin Donohue had a book review published in the Spring 2007 issue of Newspaper Research Journal. Donohue, the Coordinator of Student Media for the school, reviewed the book Baseball and the Media: How Fans Lose in Today's Coverage of the Game by George Castle, a Chicago Cubs beat writer for the Times of Northwest Indiana.