Colin Donohue

From the Wilmington Star-News (1/21/13): The results are in ... kind of.

Students from Elon University’s Communication Fellows program toured a Central Florida newspaper and a television affiliate Jan. 15 as part of their Winter Term course, The Central Florida Experience.

School of Communication Fellows traveled Jan. 14 to the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Fla., to participate in a seminar focusing on media ethics as part of their Florida experience Winter Term class. Poynter is a widely known journalism organization designed to inspire journalists and provide continuing education opportunities.

From the Charlotte Observer (1/11/13): A Gaston County commissioner wants to put personal information contained in gun permits – now part of the public record – out of public view.

From the Gaston Gazette (1/9/13): Packing heat in North Carolina, and doing it by the law, often puts your name on a list that is part of the public record.

Communications assistant professor Lucinda Austin co-authored a study about the communication of crises that was published in the Journal of Public Relations Research.

The North Carolina Open Government Coalition swore in new officers and members at its fall meeting.

Elon University’s School of Communications partnered with the Burlington food pantry Loaves & Fishes to create multimedia projects this semester that consisted of student-produced news stories and videos for Loaves and Fishes to use on its website.