Colin Donohue

The North Carolina Open Government Coalition will welcome three new board members to its ranks this fall who have backgrounds in media organizations and public office. They will work with the coalition to advance the mission of promoting openness and transparency in local government.

Seven new faculty members with strong professional and educational backgrounds joined the ranks of teacher-scholars in the School of Communications in Fall 2010.

Eleven 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 Denver from Aug. 3-7.

From the Raleigh News and Observer (8/3/10): With two suspensions for inappropriate contact with a student, Jessica Wishnask quietly left the New Hanover school district two years ago to go work for another. She did not have to disclose her misconduct, and her prior employer did not report the suspensions.

From the Asheville Citizen-Times (8/22/10): A report revealing State Bureau of Investigation agents overstated blood evidence in dozens of cases could force North Carolina to close its crime lab and change the agency's secretive policies, defense attorneys and a former prosecutor said.

From the Raleigh News and Observer (8/21/10): Our recent series on the State Bureau of Investigation, which showed agents cutting corners and twisting reports to win convictions, exposed outrageous and unprofessional conduct.