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- I was a newspaper reporter in Mooresville, NC for a decade and covered local government issues from 2003 to 2006. I continued freelancing for a portion of 2007. Here are some of my accomplishments from 2004 to 2006: 3rd Place, Investigative Reporting, 2004, from the N.C. Press Association (NCPA) for series of articles titled, "Library director firing controversy." 3rd Place, Community Service Award (the highest honor the NCPA bestows on a community newspaper), 2004, for series on the Mooresville librarian firing controversy. 3rd Place, Investigative Reporting, from the NCPA in 2005 for series on Mooresville's wastewater treatment plant expansion titled "Something stinks in Mooresville." 3rd Place, Community Service Award, from the NCPA in 2005 for "Something stinks in Mooresville” series. June 2005, "Best News Story" MegAward for outstanding journalism at Media General newspapers for "Wastewater costs: Town outspending most." 1st Place, Community Service, from NCPA in 2006, for series titled "Morrison Plantation: A Deadly Intersection." September 2007, "Best News Story" MegAward for outstanding journalism for "No receipts? No problem. Town pays company's bills anyway."
4 comments:
Yep, was just facebooking about this story. Gotta disagree with the father's attitude, sorry, but that boy has every right to defend himself. He shouldn't have to sit there and take that just because it's a girl who's doing the bullying. The way I see it, if a girl crosses that line and becomes physically aggressive, then she forfeits her "girl" card. If she wants to act like a street fighter, then she's fair game, she risks getting punched, sorry if that's not PC. ANY PERSON who is being physically aggressive is fair game, she had absolutely no business putting her hands on him like that.
I find it extremely ironic that the technologically advanced district doesn't have the policy manual available online. There used to be a policy which would have classified this as a 10 day suspension because there were multiple aggressors. I know another student who was assaulted on a bus by 2-3 students and the AP actually wanted to suspend the victim because he spit his drink at them during the assault.
It amazes me that you people who are all about doing the right thing have nothing to say about this story...and that the bigger story about a bully did not even make the news!
In many ways the use of the computer in this case was good since it exposed this horrible behavior.
There is a darker side to such open communications. Many students have also been exchanging explicit photos. They are too young to consider how quickly photos go viral. Parents, please check with your children! Computers, phones...know what they're doing.
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