New event on climate change

I just posted a new event on our events page. If you’re interested in climate change and free seminar from the McCormick Tribune Specialized Reporting Institute on Climate Change, go check it out.

How to survive as a lone gunman

Your bureau has been downsized and you are now the lone gunman, responsible for covering everything that moves in your Capitol for a newspaper that based hundreds of miles away. How do you cope – and how do you beat the big boys that still have two, three or more reporters to cover the news?
Come [...]

2008 Conference Scholarship

The following is our scholarship policy for Capitolbeat 2008 in Raleigh. Please note that the application deadline is Sunday, Sept. 7. Please forward any question to mark.binker@news-record.com or leave a comment on this post.
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Capitolbeat understands the cost of traveling to a conference can be challenging for some newsrooms and reporters. That is why we will [...]

Come to Raleigh, N.C. — learn why Indiana’s governor is smarter than yours

On the re-election stump Tuesday in Indianapolis, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels put a new spin on his 2006 decision to lease the state’s northern toll road and pour most of the $3.8 billion in proceeds into a 10-year highway construction plan.

“Tonight 49 governors, or most of them, will go to [...]

Contest Deadline Reprieve!

Are you kicking yourself for missing the deadline to enter the Capitolbeat contest? Well, we’ve got good news for you — we’re extending the contest deadline by one week!
That means you’ve got till this Friday, Aug 8th, to enter your finest statehouse copy, tape, or video in the only national contest dedicated to capitol [...]