Chase Law, the new president and chief executive of the Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County, has made major career decisions twice in her life during challenging times â right after 9/11 in 2001 and amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
When 9/11 happened, Law was living in New York as an actor, singer and dancer. But after the attacks, she sat back and wondered, âWhat do I need to be doing here with my life?â
While researching other jobs in the arts field, philanthropy/fundraising kept popping up, so she decided to pursue it as a career, saying that fundraising is a way to keep the arts alive and growing.
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The Winston-Salem Journal received 40 awards during the annual convention of the N.C. Press Association held virtually Friday.
The number of awards for the period of Oct. 1, 2019, to Sept. 30, 2020, continues a string of strong performances for the newspaper.
For the 2020 News, Editorial and Photojournalism Contest, the Journal received 11 first-place awards including public service, 13 second-place awards and 16 third-place awards.
Ten current and five former staff members received awards, and the Journal earned 13 full-staff recognitions.
The Journal competes with the stateâs major metro newspapers for General Excellence award and individual awards. The Journal received first-place honors in General Excellence in 2016, 2018 and 2019. This year, the Journal won third place in General Excellence and second place in General Excellence for Websites.
The current COVID-19 relief bill before Congress would extend at least two federal unemployment benefit programs to at least September, according to the White House.
The U.S. Senate voted 51-50 early Friday to approve a federal budget plan sought by the Biden administration, with Vice President Kamala Harris casting the tie-breaking vote.
Later Friday, the U.S. House approved 219-209 several Senate changes to the legislation.
The Washington Post reported that the budget plan will allow for House committees to begin working on the Biden administration s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus package.
House speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said she aims to pass the Biden administration s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package within two weeks â before the expirations of the two programs.
Forsyth County prosecutors are seeking to prevent the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services from releasing records on the jail-related death of John Elliott Neville in December 2019.Â
A day after DHHS officials indicated they would be releasing certain documents in its possession to a news organization, a Forsyth County prosecutor filed an objection and a request for a temporary protective order, which a Forsyth County judge granted the same day, according to court documents filed in Forsyth Superior Court.Â
Attorneys for a media coalition that includes the Winston-Salem Journal were not notified. (The Winston-Salem Journal was part of a coalition that requested public release of videos showing the events that led to Neville s death.)