Connected Nation Story Wins Journalism Award

Capitolbeat, the Association of Capitol Reporters and Editors, has announced its awards for the best statehouse reporting in the country. Fiona Morgan of the Independent Weekly in North Carolina won 2nd place in the In-depth Reporting category for newspapers under 75,000 circulation and weeklies for her reporting on Connected Nation's entrance to North Carolina. Her Dec 2008 article chronicles the state's telephone and cable industry associations hiring of Connected Nation, a nationwide nonprofit, to map the availability of broadband services statewide for an undisclosed fee.