AWC 2006 Annual Professional Conference, September 14-16, 2006 Kansas City, MO
The Heart of It All
Charles N. Davis
Charles N. Davis
Associate Professor, Journalism Studies, University of Missouri, Columbia &
Executive Director, National Freedom of Information Coalition (http://foi.missouri.edu)
Moderator, Freedom of Information/Ethics Panel
Charles N. Davis worked for nearly 10 years as a journalist after his graduation from North Georgia College in 1986, working for newspapers, magazines and a news service in Georgia, Florida and Ireland.
As a national correspondent for Lafferty Publications, a Dublin-based news wire service for financial publications, Davis reported on banking, e-commerce and regulatory issues for seven years before leaving full-time journalism in 1993 to complete a master's degree from the University of Georgia’s Henry W. Grady School of Journalism and Mass Communication and to earn a doctorate in mass communication from the University of Florida in 1995.
As a member of the Missouri School of Journalism faculty since 1999, he has continued to write for business and legal publications while conducting scholarly research on access to governmental information and new media law, including jurisdictional issues, intellectual property and on-line libel.
His first edited book, “Access Denied: Freedom of Information in the Information Age,” was published in 2001 by Iowa State University Press. Davis has earned a Sunshine Award from the Society of Professional Journalists for his work in furthering freedom of information and the University of Missouri Provost’s Award for Outstanding Junior Faculty Teaching. In March 2003 he was inducted into the University of Missouri-Columbia chapter of the Golden Key International Honour Society.