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Best Of 2010
BEST LOCAL NEWSPAPER REPORTER
APRIL BETHEA, THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER
Staff Pick
One of the media’s key roles is to lift the proverbial veil shielding government and corporations. As the Mecklenburg County government reporter at The Charlotte Observer, April Bethea does just that. But unlike some of her predecessors, this Charlotte-born reporter embraced social media, allowing her to draw her readers into her work like never before. Witness her live-Tweeting meetings like a social media expert by following her on Twitter at www.twitter.com/aprilbethea. County meetings are Tweeted with the hashtag #meckbocc.
Previous Winners
- 2012 Best Local Newspaper Reporter - Andrew Dunn, Charlotte Observer
- 2012 Best Local Newspaper Reporter - Tom Sorensen, Charlotte Observer
- 2011 BEST LOCAL NEWSPAPER REPORTER - ANN DOSS HELMS, CHARLOTTE OBSERVER
- 2011 BEST LOCAL NEWSPAPER REPORTER - TOMMY TOMLINSON, CHARLOTTE OBSERVER
- 2010 BEST LOCAL NEWSPAPER REPORTER - Tommy Tomlinson, The Charlotte Observer
- 2009 BEST LOCAL NEWSPAPER REPORTER - Ann Doss Helms, The Charlotte Observer
- 2009 BEST LOCAL NEWSPAPER REPORTER - Mark Price, The Charlotte Observer
- 2008 BEST LOCAL NEWSPAPER REPORTER - Erica Singleton, The Charlotte Post
- 2008 BEST LOCAL NEWSPAPER REPORTER - Tara Servatius, Creative Loafing
- 2007 Best Local Newspaper Reporter - Tara Servatius, Creative Loafing
- 2006 Best Local Newspaper Reporter - Tara Servatius, Creative Loafing
