Aired on Sept. 21, 2025

• First Amendment, State Budget, Campaign Finance Laws

With the popularity of social media and the slow death of traditional media outlets, journalism has changed a lot in the last few years. Print journalist Dan Kane talks about his views on the ways his work is made more difficult, a bit easier, and never dull. He also shares anecdotes from his work writing about various shenanigans in the NC Legislature by elected representatives, law enforcement officials, and various appointed members of boards from counties including Dare, Rockingham, Wake, and others.

Dan Kane is an award-winning investigative journalist for the Raleigh, NC newspaper The News & Observer. Kane, with whistleblower Mary Willingham, is credited for unearthing substantive academic fraud regarding student-athletes who were directed towards phony classes, according to allegations. Kane also covered NCSU, legislative corruption, and the formation of the state lottery. His reporting on NC’s secretive personnel law exposed how the state kept much information about state employees from public scrutiny, which led to a new state law to expedite information-gathering about the pay and performance of state employees. He is a 1983 graduate of Saint John Fisher College in Rochester, NY. 

“On The Porch” is hosted by Randolph ”Randy” Voller. He is also the publisher of Chatham County Line. Randy welcomes guests to the show who are from the communities of art, academia, business, and politics for friendly and informative conversations. “On The Porch” airs every Sunday at 11 AM, and is repeated at 4 PM and 8 PM on WCHL-FM 97.9. The show also streams on ChapelBoro.com
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