NC Open Government

With support from presenting sponsor Google News Initiative, the daylong conference will feature a keynote conversation between Sailor Jones (Common Cause North Carolina) and Cierra Hinton (Blue Engine Collaborative, Scalawag Magazine), touching on news, freedom of information, and rebuilding trust across North Carolina.

Fuller's analysis of the impact of legal changes that provide legislators with more latitude in shielding documents from public scrutiny was featured in multiple pieces by the News & Observer of Raleigh.

The article, which has been republished in dozens of media outlets across the country, focuses on new state laws including on in North Carolina that shield government records from public scrutiny.

In this column, Brooks Fuller, director of the North Carolina Open Government Coalition and assistant professor of journalism, assesses the impact of recent legislative changes that exempt many records of the General Assembly from public scrutiny.

The NC Open Government Coalition welcomes nominations for this year's awards to honor those whose hard work makes North Carolina government more open and transparent.

The North Carolina Open Government Coalition leads group of journalists, professors, and nonprofit organizations seeking records related to Nikole Hannah-Jones's hiring at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Rowell regularly seeks out and publishes information from the Town of Huntersville and other public bodies in the Charlotte metro region to increase public knowledge of government work.

Quigley used public records and open meetings to reveal that Darrell Kersey died of COVID-19 after contracting the virus during an outbreak at the Durham County Detention Facility.

Sherman's reporting exposed North Carolina bill that would have made death investigation records confidential.

Fuller, director of the North Carolina Open Government Coalition and assistant professor of journalism, notes in the WRAL report that the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld similar free speech protections in earlier rulings.