Author: Kenneth Fine

Kenneth Fine is an award-winning journalist who resides in Eastern North Carolina. His early work covering the military saw him travel to New York on the tenth anniversary of 9/11 and Afghanistan in 2009 to cover the Global War on Terror. More recently, he co-authored an investigative series that earned national acclaim and was republished in The Guardian and Saveur Magazine. Fine has received dozens of honors from the North Carolina Press Association since 2005, but his most prestigious awards include the 2018 Phil D. Reed Environmental Writing Award, a 2018 Society of Environmental Journalists award, a 2018 Society for Professional Journalists Green Eyeshade Award, and a 2018 Society for Features Journalism award. You can reach him at kfine@newoldnorth.com

April 15, 2019 one Response

Strickland on potential Edgewood closure: “It must wait, unless the state comes in and starts putting locks on the doors.”

Wayne County Board of Education member Jennifer Strickland might have been fighting a cold, but she was still able to deliver a passionate statement of support for the Edgewood Community Developmental School. Parents and advocates addressed district officials Monday evening...

April 15, 2019 No Responses

School board eyes policy to limit what employees can make public

The Wayne County School Board will consider several amendments to the district’s existing conflict of interest policy during this evening’s board meeting, including language that would prohibit WCPS employees from using information “learned in the employ...

April 14, 2019 No Responses

WCPS: Claims against GHS principal dismissed

According to sources close to the investigation, Wayne County Public Schools officials said the district has found no substantiation to support claims filed by several teachers at Goldsboro High School that allege an order from the school’s principal for...