Colin Donohue

Twelve faculty members and a 2010 graduate of the School of Communications participated in the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) national conference in St. Louis from Aug. 10-13.

Byung Lee, an associate professor of Communications, presented research and served as a the main instructor for a full-day workshop at two professional conferences in August.

School of Communications visiting professor Brian Walsh produced a 20-minute documentary this summer about Bushwick Creek, a small inlet of water off the East River that nestles between the towns of Greenpoint and Williamsburg in Brooklyn, N.Y.

From the Southern Pines Pilot (8/24/11): Sometimes it's no fun conducting the public's business while that pesky entity known as the public is breathing down your neck.

From the Wilmington StarNews (8/23/11): Last year, Durham encountered a disturbing problem that would eventually have statewide ramifications: Witnesses to major crimes were calling 911 just to hang up.

From the Raleigh News and Observer (8/19/11): In justifying recent private meetings of the new University of North Carolina system Board of Governors, the system's counsel conveniently rationalizes a closed-door meeting by saying ... it wasn't a meeting. No, system vice president Laura Luger said, a gathering of the board in Chapel Hill that was not open to the public was "outside the scope of an official meeting by all of its parameters."

From the Charlotte Observer (8/18/11): A gathering last week of the UNC Board of Governors was not open to the public, and notice of the event was not provided to the news media ahead of time - raising questions about whether the gathering violated the state's open meetings law.

From the Beaufort Observer (8/17/11): Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton and a host of other political leaders learned the hard way: The coverup is often worse than the crime.

The Society of Professional Journalists named Elon University’s student chapter the SPJ Region 2 chapter of the year. Elon’s organization was one of 10 nationwide that were also recognized.