NC Open Government

Brooks Fuller, director of the North Carolina Open Government Coalition at Elon, addresses questions about transparency within the University of North Carolina System Board of Governors.

The award honors the late Frank C. Barrows, former managing editor of the Charlotte Observer, and recognizes college journalism that exemplifies the vital role of open meetings, public records and press access in public life.

Brooks Fuller, director of the North Carolina Open Government Coalition and Sunshine Center and instructor of journalism, offers his perspective about a town charging a fee of $70,000 to a local newspaper to fulfill a public records request. 

The winners of the N.C. Open Government Coalition's fifth annual Sunshine Awards were announced at Sunshine Day on Elon University's campus Monday. The winners are Joel Burgess (Asheville Citizen-Times), Bob Hagemann (retired city attorney, Charlotte), Sunshine Request (Patrick Conant and PRC Apps), and Tracy Ledford Deyton (Bakersville, NC). 

The article in the Asheville Citizen-Times that focused on an emergency meeting by UNC-Asheville included comments from Brooks Fuller, director of the N.C. Open Government Coalition and instructor in communications. 

NC Open Gov. Coalition and the Elon University School of Communications to host Sunshine Day on March 11, 2019.

Sponsored by the North Carolina Open Government Coalition, Sunshine Day celebrates openness and transparency in North Carolina government. 

 

Sponsored by the North Carolina Open Government Coalition, Sunshine Day celebrates openness and transparency in North Carolina government. 

The former assistant professor at Louisiana State University and North Carolina attorney will also teach in Elon’s School of Communications.

A forthcoming law review article by Elliot Engstrom, an Elon Law Legal Method and Communication Fellow, analyzes a North Carolina law that leaves open to interpretation who should cover the costs of legal fees when a person sues state and local governments for lack of transparency.