Colin Donohue

From the Digital Media Law Project (7/25/13): The failure to comply with a records request for email metadata will cost a Washington city more than half a million dollars in statutory and attorney's fees, a Washington Superior Court judge recently decided. On June 28, 2013, the judge ordered the City of Shoreline to pay $538,555 after the Washington Supreme Court ruled that metadata associated with public records is subject to disclosure under the state's open records law.

From the Lumina News (7/24/13): With the release of results from the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina’s public records requests from the 11 law enforcement agencies currently using Automated License Plate Recognition Systems, ACLU of N.C. communications director Mike Meno said the organization hopes to inform citizens about the relatively new technology.

From the Charlotte Observer (7/22/13): A judge has dismissed a lawsuit alleging that Carolinas HealthCare System, one of the nation’s largest public hospital systems, has broken the state public records law.

Several journalism students placed well in a select national contest.

From the Charlotte Observer (7/16/13): A Charlotte attorney contends in a lawsuit that one of the nation’s largest public hospital chains, Carolinas HealthCare System, has violated the state public records law by keeping secret the terms of a legal settlement.

From the Southern Pines Pilot (7/16/13): Harsh words and bitter feelings over Moore County being added to legislation that would give control of school construction to the county commissioners have subsided somewhat this week.

Faculty, students and alumni covered a programming contest for a week in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Elon students are working throughout the LA area this summer.

The associate professor of communications will spend two weeks at the Des Moines Register.

Eugene Daniel '11 placed second in a sports broadcast reporting competition.