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UNC News Services is located at 210 Pittsboro Street, directly across the street from the entrance to the Carolina Inn. Our main number is (919) 962-2091 and our fax number is (919) 962-2279. You can reach us by email at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . During non-business hours, media representatives may contact UNC News Services via our emergency pager at (919) 216-2584.




Lisa Katz
Lisa Katz
Director
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(919) 962-2093 (office)
(919) 638-0474 (cell)

Beat:
  • Board of Trustees
  • Administration
  • State and federal relations
  • Public records requests
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Crystal Beal
Communications Coordinator
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(919) 962-0550  (office)
Beat:
  • News Services Web site
  • News distribution
  • Faculty experts database
  • University's events calendar
 

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Research Editor
(919) 843-1991(office)
(919) 218-7833 (cell)

Beat:
  • Research news
  • Grants and funding
  • Genomics
  • Materials science
  • Nanotechnology
  • Carolina Population Center
  • Center for Women's Health Research
  • FPG Institute
  • Highway Safety Research Center
  • Injury Prevention Research Center
  • Institute on Aging
  • Odum Institute
  • Sheps Center for Health Services Research

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Susan Houston
Outreach Editor
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(919) 962-8415 (office)
(919) 360-5501 (cell)
Beat:
  • Local and community relations
  • Carolina Connects
  • Carolina Center for Public Service
  • Carolina North
  • Destiny Science Learning Program
  • Development Communications
  • Kenan-Flagler Business School
  • School of Government
  • School of Journalism and Mass Communication
  • School of Law
  • William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education
  • Morehead Planetarium and Science Center
  • NC Botanical Garden/Coker Arboretum
  • North Carolina Public Radio/WUNC-FM
  • RENCI/ITS
  • Tar Heel Bus Tour
  • Visitor's Center/Speaker's Bureau
  • Carolina Women's Center
  • Citizen-Soldier Support Program

patric lane
Patric Lane
Health and Science Editor
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(919) 962-8596 (office)
(919) 218-7835 (cell)

Beat:
  • School of Dentistry
  • School of Medicine
  • School of Nursing
  • School of Pharmacy
  • School of Public Health
  • School of Social Work
  • Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • AHEC
  • Health Sciences Library
  • Institute for the Environment
  • Science-oriented units, College of Arts and Sciences

Karen Moon
Karen Moon
Special Projects Producer
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(919) 962-8595 (office)
(919) 218-2467 (cell)
Beat:
  • Network shoots
  • On campus and remote interview set-ups
  • Documentary and feature films
  • Development and production of radio and television spots
  • Promotional video production

max schaffner
Max Schaffner
Communications Assistant
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(919) 962-2091 (offfice)

Beat:
  • Carolina in the News
  • Media monitoring and research
  • News Services Web site
  • Project tracking

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Dan Sears
University Photographer
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(919) 962-8592 (office)
(919) 218-3021 (cell)
Beat:
  • University photography

melissa sowry
Melissa Sowry
Studio Coordinator
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(919) 843-6322 (news services office)
(919) 832-9939 (studio office)
(919) 360-2425 (cell
Beat:
  • Manage operations of the Carolina News Studio
  • Schedule live and recorded television and radio interviews in the Carolina News Studio for producers, reporters and bookers who are looking for UNC experts
  • Point of contact for regional, national and international media, campus communicators, faculty, administrators and others needing Carolina News Studio services

Laura Toler
L. J. Toler
Arts and Humanities Editor
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(919) 962-8589 (office)
(919) 219-6374 (cell)
Beat:
  • Arts
  • Humanities
  • Social sciences
  • Global affairs
  • Diversity and multicultural affairs
  • Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History
  • Carolina Covenant
  • Scholarships, fellowships and honors
  • Libraries
  • The Graduate School
  • School of Education
  • School of Information and Library Science
  • Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence
  • Carolina Performing Arts
  • Ackland Art Museum
  • PlayMakers Repertory Company