Mike Voss, Author at Washington Daily News - Page 165 of 259
Mike Voss is the contributing editor at the Washington Daily News. He has a daughter and four grandchildren. Except for nearly six years he worked at the Free Lance-Star in Fredericksburg, Va., in the early to mid-1990s, he has been at the Daily News since April 1986.
Journalism awards:
• Pulitzer Prize for Meritorious Public Service, 1990.
• Society of Professional Journalists: Sigma Delta Chi Award, Bronze Medallion.
• Associated Press Managing Editors’ Public Service Award.
• Investigative Reporters & Editors’ Award.
• North Carolina Press Association, First Place, Public Service Award, 1989.
• North Carolina Press Association, Second Place, Investigative Reporting, 1990.
All those were for the articles he and Betty Gray wrote about the city’s contaminated water system in 1989-1990.
• North Carolina Press Association, First Place, Investigative Reporting, 1991.
• North Carolina Press Association, Third Place, General News Reporting, 2005.
• North Carolina Press Association, Second Place, Lighter Columns, 2006.
Recently learned he will receive another award.
• North Carolina Press Association, First Place, Lighter Columns, 2010.
4. Lectured at or served on seminar panels at journalism schools at UNC-Chapel Hill, University of Maryland, Columbia University, Mary Washington University and Francis Marion University.
Education
Seven of Beaufort County Schools’ 14 schools reached or exceeded academic growth expectations in the 2012-2013 school year, according to scores released Thursday by the ...
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by Mike Voss, Saturday, November 9, 2013 8:14 pm
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BATH — A Veterans Day observance came early in North Carolina’s oldest town when Bath Elementary School conducted its annual service to honor veterans Friday. ...
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by Mike Voss, Friday, November 8, 2013 5:36 pm
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Beaufort County could end up with a plan — at a bargain price — to help it determine how it will address the myriad issues ...
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by Mike Voss, Friday, November 8, 2013 5:27 pm
News
Belhaven Alderman Steve Carawan on Friday requested a recount of votes in the East End alderman race, which unofficial vote totals show he lost by ...
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by Mike Voss, Friday, November 8, 2013 5:26 pm
News
Beaufort County health officials are working hard to address major health issues in the county, according to the county’s new health director. James Madson, who ...
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by Mike Voss, Thursday, November 7, 2013 9:13 pm
Education
For each school year’s fifth-grade students, the yearly Dan Windley Field Days at Goose Creek State Park is a new experience. Not so for ...
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by Mike Voss, Thursday, November 7, 2013 9:12 pm
News
On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, World War I effectively ended. That occurrence is the roof of ...
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by Mike Voss, Wednesday, November 6, 2013 6:13 pm
News
With a pair of 4-3 votes, the Beaufort County Board of Commissioners is moving ahead with plans to build a new jail. During its meeting ...
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by Mike Voss, Wednesday, November 6, 2013 6:11 pm
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Veteran Mayor Tom Richter, facing no opposition, was returned to office by Washington Park voters Tuesday. The town’s Board of Commissioners will have two new ...
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by Mike Voss, Tuesday, November 5, 2013 9:37 pm
News
A “Bear” will occupy City Hall for at least two years, beginning next month. Mac “Bear” Hodges easily shook off a write-in campaign by Carter ...
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by Mike Voss, Tuesday, November 5, 2013 9:36 pm
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