Mike Voss, Author at Washington Daily News - Page 61 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.
Washington
Washington’s Historic Preservation Commission, during its meeting Tuesday, continued a request by the City of Washington for a certificate of appropriateness to remove a house ...
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by Mike Voss, Wednesday, January 4, 2017 6:11 pm
News
Usually, there are two years between elections when it comes to choosing state representatives and senators for the North Carolina General Assembly. Less than two ...
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by Mike Voss, Tuesday, January 3, 2017 5:01 pm
News
Updating Washington’s capital-improvements plan is key part of the City Council’s process to develop the 2017-2018 fiscal year budget, according to City Manager Bobby Roberson. ...
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by Mike Voss, Tuesday, January 3, 2017 4:56 pm
Top Home
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has a message for victims of Hurricane Matthew and subsequent flooding in eastern North Carolina who have questions about disaster-recovery ...
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by Mike Voss, Monday, January 2, 2017 3:57 pm
Washington
As more and more local governments in North Carolina begin seeking reimbursement for some disaster-recovery expenses in the wake of Hurricane Matthew and associated flooding, the amount ...
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by Mike Voss, Monday, January 2, 2017 1:24 am
News
Black-eyed peas, collards and making resolutions for the new year — they’re all traditions for area residents when one year ends and another year begins. ...
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by Mike Voss, Saturday, December 31, 2016 4:07 pm
Washington
Following a trend that gained momentum in 2016, more improvements to residences — if not the addition of new houses — on Water Street are ...
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by Mike Voss, Friday, December 30, 2016 7:53 pm
News
A series of elections-related incidents that included voter challenges, lawsuits and recounts is the No. 3 Daily News story for 2016. It started with a ...
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by Mike Voss, Thursday, December 29, 2016 6:14 pm
Uncategorized
Jan. 9, 2017, is the deadline for victims of Hurricane Matthew and subsequent funding to register for disaster-recovery assistance. Homeowners, business owners, renters and some ...
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by Mike Voss, Tuesday, December 27, 2016 3:42 pm
News
From a man who inspected floors to a man who worried about people slipping on floors to a man who kept floors at City Hall ...
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by Mike Voss, Monday, December 26, 2016 9:56 am
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