Colin Donohue

Communications assistant professor Phillip Motley and associate professor Amanda Sturgill published a paper in the Spring issue of Communication Teacher, a peer-reviewed journal published by the National Communication Association.

From the Wilson Times (3/16/13): State lawmakers filed two bills to give North Carolina residents more access to public records and meetings in the midst of a weeklong open government campaign.

From the Port City Daily (3/15/13): One week after Port City Daily sent public records requests to five municipal law enforcement agencies, only one agency fully complied with the public records request.

UPDATE: The Turnage Conference, which was to be sponsored, in part, by the Sunshine Center of the North Carolina Open Government Coalition, has been postponed because of a scheduling conflict with a speaker. A new date for the conference hasn't been set, but it won't happen during Elon University's spring semester. When and if the conference is rescheduled, we will let you know. The full text of the original release related to the conference is still available below.

From the Watauga Democrat (3/15/13): The Boone Town Council discussed more matters behind closed doors than the councils of Asheville and Elizabeth City in 2012, according to meeting minutes. But the number of Boone's closed session agenda items vary from year to year, influenced by the different town issues that arise, council members say.

From the Port City Daily (3/15/13): Move over Florida, there’s a new Sunshine State.

From The Progressive Pulse (3/14/13): Public records in the North Carolina offer a chance to peer into the depths of state government, and see what is and what isn’t working.

Paul Parsons, dean of Elon University’s School of Communications, is one of two nominees on the 2013 ballot for the line of succession to the presidency of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.

Students from Elon Local News and The Pendulum, Elon University's two student-run daily news-gathering organizations, were named finalists in the Society of Professional Journalists Region 2 Mark of Excellence Awards competition. The Pendulum itself also claimed finalist nods.

From Mountain Xpress (3/13/13): In honor of Sunshine Week in North Carolina, Carolina Public Press announces it will hold a "Full Disclosure" workshop series at three Western North Carolina locations from April 3-5.