Articles by Colin Donohue
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Smithfield Herald: Are phone records public?
August 1, 2012
From the Smithfield Herald (7/29/12): Two words ought to sufficiently explain why former UNC-Chapel Hill football coach Butch Davis should not prevail in his attempt to keep secret his personal cell-phone records: Mike Easley.
Fayetteville Observer: It’s dark – This state earns public-records access
August 1, 2012
From the Fayetteville Observer (7/29/12): Government of the people, by the people and for the people is too often kept secret from the people.
John Locke Foundation: North Carolina trails in yet another metric
August 1, 2012
From the John Locke Foundation: Triangle (7/26/12): North Carolina has been shown to be at the lower end of the 50 states in many different metrics, most recently job growth and education, but now there's a new one at which we are characteristically underperforming: public records availability:
NFOIC: Settlement in public records case requires greater access to emails
August 1, 2012
From the National Freedom of Information Coalition(7/25/12): In an important case supported by the Knight FOI Fund, a grassroots public-interest organization has won a settlement agreement with the northern California city of Auburn over retention and disclosure policies regarding government emails.
FAC: Key settlement in FAC case breaks new ground in public access to officials’ emails
August 1, 2012
From the First Amendment Coalition (7/24/12): The First Amendment Coalition is pleased to announce a landmark settlement in a case involving public access to government email messages.
Charlotte Observer: N.C., S.C. flunk public records
August 1, 2012
From the Charlotte Observer (7/24/12): A report released Monday ranked access to public records in the Carolinas as among the worst in the country.
Burlington Times-News: Elon grad takes public records case to state Supreme Court
August 1, 2012
From the Burlington Times-News (7/21/12): A former ¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ· student is asking the N.C. Supreme Court to weigh in on a dispute about campus police records.
Daily Tar Heel: No decision yet in public records case
August 1, 2012
From the Daily Tar Heel (7/19/12): Superior Court Judge Howard Manning will wait to rule on a hearing between UNC and The Daily Tar Heel, (Raleigh) News and Observer, Charlotte Observer and five other news outlets.
Intern Insider: Junior journalism major confronts challenges of magazine world
July 31, 2012
Magazines? Or something else? Junior journalism major Jessica Petrocchi is figuring it out this summer.
Elon in LA: End-of-Summer Short Film Screening Aug. 1
July 28, 2012