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The North Carolina Newspapers in Education program encourages young people to become lifelong readers and learners, capable writers, informed, involved adults, thoughtful consumers of news and advocates for the First Amendment.

For more information,
contact Sandra Cook:

NC Press Foundation, Newspapers in Education, CB3365, 19 Carroll Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3365, (919) 843-5648, fax (919) 843-4734
sandynie@unc.edu

Business office:
5171 Glenwood Ave., Ste. 364
Raleigh, NC 27612
(919) 787-7443
fax (919) 787-5302
www.ncpress.com

NC Press Foundation

The NC Newspaper in Education Foundation and the First Amendment Foundation merged in 1995 to form the NC Press Foundation (NCPF). NCPF is a 501 (c) non-profit organization established to defend citizens’ right to know, promote civic participation through literacy programs and other educational initiatives and provide legal representation for the state’s journalists.

The board has identified the following priorities:

Newspapers in Education
First Amendment advocacy
Literacy
Litigation services
Media Law Handbook
Scholarships for the high school journalist of the year
Newspaper history project

NCPF's officers and board members

President Past President

Gayle Smith, Advertising Director
Asheville Citizen-Times
14 O'Henry Avenue
P.O. Box 2090
Asheville, N.C. 28801

Morgan Dickerman, Publisher
Wilson Daily Times
2001 Downing Street Ext.
P.O. Box 2447
Wilson, N.C. 27894-2447

Vice President Treasurer
Ron Paris
581 Old Stonecutter Road
Rutherfordton, N.C. 28139

David Crawley, Publisher
Raleigh South Online
209 E. Vance Street
P.O. Box 669
Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526

Directors
Charles Broadwell, Publisher
The Fayetteville Observer
458 Whitfield Street
P.O. Box 849
Fayetteville, N.C. 28306
Ray McKeithan, Associate Publisher
Washington Daily News
217 N. Market Street
P. O. Box 1788
Washington, N.C. 27889
Jim Puryear, Vice-President, Circulation
The News & Observer
P.O. Box 191
215 S. McDowell Street
Raleigh, NC 27601
David Woronoff, Publisher
The Pilot
145 W. Pennsylvania Avenue
P.O. Box 58
Southern Pines, N.C. 28387

Jon Witherspoon
730 Yorkshire Road
Winston-Salem, NC 27106
Eddie Thorndyke, Publisher
The Herald
125 S. Fourth Street
P.O. Box 1417
Smithfield, NC 27577
Ex Officio Secretary

Monica Hill, Director
NC Scholastic Media Association
UNC-CH, School of Journalism and Mass Communication
CB # 3365, Carroll Hall
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3365
ncsma@unc.edu

Hugh Stevens
Legal Counsel
127 W. Hargett Street, Suite 600
P.O. Box 911
Raleigh, NC 27602

NCPF's offices

Business and Finance
North Carolina Press Association
5171 Glenwood Avenue, Suite 364
Raleigh, NC 27612
(919) 787-7443
www.ncpress.com

NC Newspapers in Education
North Carolina Press Foundation
Sandra Cook, Ed.D.
CB 3365, 19 Carroll Hall
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3365
(919) 843-5648, fax (919) 843-4734
sandynie@unc.edu