North Carolinians of Note
Source: Jeffrey A. Camarati (Go Heels)
Photo Credit: Dana Fineman
Courtesy of Bill Giduz, Davidson College
Courtesy of Eben Alexander
Photograph by Lester Sloan. Courtesy of the Library of Congress
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Thanks to UNC’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication, the North Carolina Press Foundation is offering ten profiles on notable North Carolinians for North Carolina newspapers to publish at will. The profiles recognize contributions made to the state and celebrate young writers. Students taking John Robinson’s feature writing class wrote the 2014 profiles on Eben Alexander, Jim Avett, Jim Beatty, Joey Cheek, Anson Dorrance, Charles Hadley, Franklin McCain, Jonathan Reckford, Tom Ross and Bellamy Young. Past profiles came from students in Dean Emeritus Richard Cole’s feature writing classes and remain available below. For PUBLICATION, the “North Carolinians of Note” profiles come with a headline and photo. The ten 2014 features are available below, only in text format for newspapers to design and use as they choose. None of the 2014 profiles is laid out and offered as a pdf. Source information for one 2014 profile is available here. Source information for the past profiles are available for download here. Space permitting, please run the following Eds. Note with each profile: This “North Carolinian of Note” profile was produced by a student in John Robinson’s feature writing class in the UNC-CH School of Journalism and Mass Communication. The North Carolina Press Foundation distributed the profiles at no charge to member newspapers. For reprint information, contact sandynie@email.unc.edu. The ten 2014 features are available below, only available in DOWNLOADABLE text format for newspapers to design and use as they choose. None of the 2014 profiles is laid out and offered as a pdf. For INSTRUCTIONAL USE, graphic organizers and background information are available here. Each profile comes with a Study Guide, available below. A comprehensive Study Guide (teacher's edition) is here.
| Anson Dorrance
| Bellamy Young
| Charles Hadley
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| Eben Alexander
| Franklin McCain
| Jim Avett
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| Jim Beatty
| Joey Cheek
| Jonathan Reckford
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| Tom Ross
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