This secrecy is at odds with North Carolina's otherwise broad commitment to principles of government transparency that promote our informed democracy. In other areas of public records law, …
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6/11/21
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SALISBURY — Dueling bills in the state legislature could affect the way you view an array of public notices, such as tax liens.
Newspapers and local government websites would compete for dollars …
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Josh Bergeron Salisbury Post
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5/1/17
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Once again, journalists find themselves at the intersection of indispensability and danger. You are uniquely poised to be the eyes and ears of the public, to stand in their shoes, to report …
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6/1/20
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If you are covering a public body that has resumed meeting in person but is forcing you to participate remotely, they are breaking the law.
Over the past year, the pandemic …
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Beth Soja
beth@smvt.com
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6/17/21
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People usually say “no” to things they don’t understand. It’s a salesperson’s job to help prospects understand what he or she is selling. What makes media choice A …
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John Foust
Greensboro, NC
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12/15/22
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Let’s begin with a quiz.
1. What do legal notices posted in North Carolina newspapers have to do with North Carolina teacher supplements?
2. When was the last time you visited Watauga …
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5/1/17
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The Hendersonville Lightning ran legal advertisements six times notifying the public of the sale of county-owned property on Sixth Avenue. Two bidders raised the price by $114,000 over three …
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Bill Moss
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5/1/17
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“History teaches that opaque decision-making destroys trust; recent historyinvolving police body cameras emphasizes this risk.”We end 2022 with these strong words from our own North …
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Beth Soja
Hugh Stevens
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12/22/22
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RALEIGH -- Friends and readers -- lawmakers here in Raleigh are taking a swipe at your local newspaper.
Last week, Sen. Trudy Wade, R-Guilford, won committee approval for a bill that would let …
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Mark Binker, April 24, 2017
ncinsider.com
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5/2/17
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NPCA General Counsel Amanda Martin provides a handy "cheat sheet" for political advertising.
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Amanda Martin, NCPA General Counsel
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12/16/16
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Surviving in today’s fractured media landscape depends on your ability to identify, collect and deliver the relevant community news. That job becomes more challenging if readers become …
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Jim Pumarlo
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1/18/23
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There’s a story about a professor of literature at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. As he approached retirement, someone from the newspaper interviewed him. During the course of …
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John Foust
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1/20/23
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Open Government access in North Carolina went through several historic steps this legislative session, and despite the work of anti-transparency lobbying groups representing teachers and state …
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6/30/21
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