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 Colin Campbell, the Capitol Bureau Chief at WUNC - NC Public Radio. The immediate past president is Gary Robertson, formerly with The Associated Press.
Permanent members for 2025-2026 legislative session:
The News & Observer (and The Charlotte Observer)
Dawn B. Vaughan (Capitol Bureau Chief): dvaughan@newsobserver.com; 919-829-4877 office; 919-219-1921 mobile
Esther Frances: esther.frances@newsobserver.com; 301-708-1187 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
The Associated Press
Vacant (Statehouse Reporter)
Press Room: 919-821-4208
NC Insider/State Affairs
Reporter: Matthew Sasser: msasser@stateaffairs.com; 804-513-8948
Reporter: Avi Bajpai: abajpai@stateaffairs.com; 646-725-9985
General Manager: Clifton Dowell: cdowell@stateaffairs.com; 919-246-5437
NC Newsline
Lynn Bonner: lbonner@ncnewsline.com; 919-699-3969
Christine Zhu: czhu@ncnewsline.com
Brandon Kingdollar: bkingdollar@ncnewsline.com; 773-708-5065
Laura Leslie (Editor): lleslie@ncnewsline.com; 919-619-3099
North Carolina Tribune/Business North Carolina
Ray Gronberg: rgronberg@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
Adam Wagner: awagner@ncnewsroom.org; 919-856-3126
WNCN - CBS17
Shabnam Danesh: sdanesh@cbs17.com; 401-301-2821
Michael Barnard: mbarnard@cbs17.com; 919-306-6534
Spectrum News 1
Office: 919-882-4040
Vacant (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
Will Doran: wdoran@wral.com; 850-933-5310
Paul Specht: pspecht@wral.com; 919-349-6100
Caroline Yaffa: cyaffa@wral.com; 917-828-7542
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
Ashley Fredde: afredde@northcarolinahealthnews.org; 801-560-8815
Axios Raleigh
Mary Helen Moore: Mary.Moore@axios.com; 252-469-0475
Courthouse News Service:
Sydney Haulenbeek: raleigh@Courthousenews.com
The Assembly:
Bryan Anderson: bryan@theassemblync.com; 650-868-8851
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
NC Local
Will Michaels: will@nclocal.org; 919-442-8417
The New York Times
Eduardo Medina: eduardo.medina@nytimes.com