Articles by Colin Donohue
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Port City Daily: Only one law enforcement agency fully complies with public records request
March 18, 2013
From the Port City Daily (3/15/13): One week after Port City Daily sent public records requests to five municipal law enforcement agencies, only one agency fully complied with the public records request.
Turnage Conference Postponed
March 18, 2013
UPDATE: The Turnage Conference, which was to be sponsored, in part, by the Sunshine Center of the North Carolina Open Government Coalition, has been postponed because of a scheduling conflict with a speaker. A new date for the conference hasn't been set, but it won't happen during Elon University's spring semester. When and if the conference is rescheduled, we will let you know. The full text of the original release related to the conference is still available below.
Watauga Democrat: Boone council’s closed meetings vary
March 15, 2013
From the Watauga Democrat (3/15/13): The Boone Town Council discussed more matters behind closed doors than the councils of Asheville and Elizabeth City in 2012, according to meeting minutes. But the number of Boone's closed session agenda items vary from year to year, influenced by the different town issues that arise, council members say.
Port City Daily: Is North Carolina the new Sunshine State?
March 15, 2013
From the Port City Daily (3/15/13): Move over Florida, there’s a new Sunshine State.
Progressive Pulse: The innards of state government, courtesy of public record and sunshine laws
March 15, 2013
From The Progressive Pulse (3/14/13): Public records in the North Carolina offer a chance to peer into the depths of state government, and see what is and what isn’t working.
AEJMC nominates Paul Parsons for presidential ladder
March 14, 2013
Paul Parsons, dean of Elon University’s School of Communications, is one of two nominees on the 2013 ballot for the line of succession to the presidency of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.
Elon Local News, Pendulum named regional finalists in SPJ competition
March 14, 2013
Students from Elon Local News and The Pendulum, Elon University's two student-run daily news-gathering organizations, were named finalists in the Society of Professional Journalists Region 2 Mark of Excellence Awards competition. The Pendulum itself also claimed finalist nods.
Mountain Xpress: ‘Full Disclosure’ workshops shine light on public information, open data
March 14, 2013
From Mountain Xpress (3/13/13): In honor of Sunshine Week in North Carolina, Carolina Public Press announces it will hold a "Full Disclosure" workshop series at three Western North Carolina locations from April 3-5.
The Pendulum recognized at CMA conference
March 13, 2013
The Pendulum, Elon University's daily news-gathering organization, won first place nationally for Best Multimedia Package along with four other awards at the College Media Association conference March 12 in New York.
WRAL.com: Bill seeks open government rule violation as crime
March 12, 2013
From WRAL.com (3/12/13): A lawmaker's effort to make it a criminal misdemeanor for an official to violate North Carolina's public records and open meetings laws faces an uphill climb in the state Senate after committee members and local government lobbyists objected.