| Veteran Capitol Reporter Moves To State Board of Elections |
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| State Government |
| By Administrator |
| Tuesday, 27 September 2016 12:53 |
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The State Board of Elections named Patrick Gannon as its new spokesperson.
“Pat’s reputation for fair and impartial reporting over a long career make him an ideal spokesperson for our agency during an important time in elections,” State Board of Elections executive director Kim Westbrook Strach said in a news release.
Gannon was editor of the The Insider, a publication that centered on state government. He also wrote a weekly column for the for the Capitol Press Association which appears in newspapers across the state.
Gannon replaces Jackie Hyland, who recently left the agency to take a private sector job.
Paul T. O’Connor will be taking over Gannon’s Capitol Press Association column on an interim basis. O’Connor teaches at the School of Media and Journalism at UNC and wrote the column for 22 years.
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