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Media And The Law Awards Bestowed
The 2004 North Carolina Bar Association Media and the Law Awards were presented Friday night in conjunction with the 131st annual convention of the N.C. Press Association, held at the Pinehurst Resort and Country Club.
President G. Gray Wilson of Winston-Salem presented the awards on behalf of the NCBA.
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The Media and the Law awards program was established in 1989 and is conducted annually by the NCBA Communications Committee. Judging is based on accurate, informative coverage of law-related issues Awhich fosters greater public understanding of the legal system and the role of lawyers in society.
Jonathan Weaver, left, and Matthew Eisley received 2004 NCBA Media and the Law Awards. |
Nominations are submitted by member newspapers to the N.C. Press Association and forwarded to the Communications Committee for review. Law-related reporting is judged separately in the divisions of daily and nondaily newspapers, while the competition for best series is open.
The recipient in the Nondaily Division was Hunter Bretzius of the Havelock News for the “Jury of His Peers,” a profile on New Bern attorney Troy Smith, a 2003 inductee into the North Carolina Bar Association’s General Practice Hall of Fame.
Matthew Eisley of The News & Observer was honored in the Daily Division for his examination of the judicial election process in a story headlined "Should Judges Be Elected?"
Jonathan Weaver of the Salisbury Post was honored in the category of Best Series for his informative series on Search Warrant Issues, compiled in the aftermath of the suicide of attorney George Hundley.
Eisley and Weaver, pictured here, were on hand to accept their awards. Bretzius, who is the editor of the Havelock News, was unable to attend. Vernon DeBolt, president of Freedom ENC Publications, accepted her award.
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