Dan Kane

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BornDaniel Paul Kane
1961 (age 6263) [1]
Occupation Investigative journalist
LanguageEnglish
Nationality American
Alma mater St. John Fisher [2]
SubjectEducation, government
Notable awardsFirst Amendment Award [3]
APSE award 2013 [4]
EWA Citation 2013 [5]
National Headliner Award 2013 [6]
Duke/Green-Rossiter [7]
Frank McCulloch Award for Courage in Journalism [8]

Daniel Paul Kane (born 1961) is an American news reporter and investigative journalist for the Raleigh, North Carolina newspaper The News & Observer , notable for uncovering and exposing the academics scandal at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. [1] [9] Kane is credited for unearthing substantive academic fraud in conjunction with whistleblower Mary Willingham regarding student-athletes who were directed towards phony classes, according to allegations. According to The New York Times , Kane was subjected to "violent threats, angry screeds, and Twitter flame campaigns" in response to his reporting. [1] He "first uncovered a pattern of lax oversight and risibly easy or nonexistent classes disproportionately benefiting athletes". [1]

Kane joined the News & Observer in 1997. [2] He covered local and state government and North Carolina State University, legislative corruption, and the formation of the state lottery. [2] His reporting on North Carolina's secretive personnel law exposed how the state kept much information about state employees from public scrutiny, and it led to a new state law to expedite information-gathering about the pay and performance of state employees. [3] [2] He won a First Amendment Award from the Associated Press Managing Editors for work which advances the freedom of information. [3] He won an award for investigative journalism in 2013 from the Associated Press Sports Editors society. [4] Along with his colleagues J. Andrew Curliss and Andrew Carter, he won a special citation for reporting on the 2010 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill football scandal. [5] The team also won a National Headliner Award for education writing from the Press Club of Atlantic City. [6] With Jane Stancill and J. Andrew Curliss, he won the Duke University/Green-Rossiter award for "distinguished newspaper work in higher education." [7] He is a 1983 graduate of Saint John Fisher College in Rochester, New York. [2] [10]

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  6. 1 2 Associated Press, May 23, 2013, Seattle Times, Winners of the 79th National Headliner Awards: The winners of the 79th annual National Headliner Awards, sponsored by The Press Club of Atlantic City, N.J., have been announced. Entries are judged by a panel of journalists representing newspapers, wire services, and radio and TV stations around the country., Accessed July 15, 2014
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