About the Forum

The North Carolina Editorial FORUM is a nonprofit organization of community activists with a wide range of issue areas and journalists working to communicate ideas to the public and stimulate policy debate by tapping into the power of the media.

Over the years, editors have come to recognize the North Carolina Editorial FORUM for well-written, well-researched, and thought-provoking commentary on topics including gun control , budget cuts , age discrimination , environmental laws .

On average, media packets reach 500,000 households through print and 1.2 million listeners and viewers through the broadcast media. Commentary from the North Carolina Editorial FORUM regularly appear in Charlotte Observer (circ. 236,5790 , Raleigh News and Observer (circ. 159,000) , Wilmington Star-News (circ. 66,000) , Kernsville News (circ. 19,900) , Raleigh Carolinian (circ. 17,700) , Elizabeth City Daily Advance (circ. 13,824) , Washington Daily News (circ. 10,757) , Jefferson Post (circ. 7,000) , Durham Carolina Times (circ. 5,800) , Spring Hope Enterprise (circ. 3,300) . Forum materials also receive significant local use/coverage by broadcast media throughout the state.