{{Other people|Daniel Kane}} {{Infobox writer <!-- For more information see :Template:Infobox Writer/doc. --> | name = <!-- Deleting this line will use the article title as the page name. --> | honorific_prefix = | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | pseudonym = | birth_name = Daniel Paul Kane | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1961}}<ref name=twsNYTimes2/> | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | death_place = | resting_place = | occupation = Investigative journalist | language = English | nationality = American | ethnicity = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = St. John Fisher<ref name=twsNewsObserver/> | period = | genre = | subject = Education, government | movement = | notableworks = | spouse = | partner = | children = | relatives = | awards = First Amendment Award<ref name=twsN&O/><br>APSE award 2013<ref name=twsAPSE>March 5, 2014, Associated Press Sports Editors, [http://apsportseditors.org/newsletter/2013-apse-contest-all-results/ 2013 APSE Contest: All results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724220821/http://apsportseditors.org/newsletter/2013-apse-contest-all-results/ |date=2014-07-24 }}, Accessed July 15, 2014, "...WRITING DIVISIONS -- INVESTIGATIVE ... Dan Kane ... News & Observer</ref><br>EWA Citation 2013<ref name=twsEWA>Education Writers Association (EWA), 2012, [http://www.ewa.org/post/2012-winners-national-awards-education-reporting 2012 Winners of the National Awards for Education Reporting], Accessed July 15, 2014, "...C. Investigative Reporting: Special Citation—Dan Kane, J. Andrew Curliss and Andrew Carter, UNC Academic Fraud, The News & Observer..."</ref><br>''National Headliner Award'' 2013<ref name=twsAP>Associated Press, May 23, 2013, Seattle Times, [http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2021038078_apusnationalheadlinerawardslist.html Winners of the 79th National Headliner Awards: The winners of the 79th annual National Headliner Awards, sponsored by The Press Club of Atlantic City, N.J., have been announced. Entries are judged by a panel of journalists representing newspapers, wire services, and radio and TV stations around the country.], Accessed July 15, 2014</ref><br>Duke/Green-Rossiter<ref name=twsDuke>[http://www.newsdaily.com/article/34d85fae90944eae108dbce693a86474/6-nc-newspapers-win-general-excellence-awards 6 NC newspapers win General Excellence Awards]{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Accessed July 15, 2014</ref><br>Frank McCulloch Award for Courage in Journalism<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://journalism.unr.edu/dan-kane-to-receive-2015-mcculloch-courage-in-journalism-award/ |title=Courage in Journalism Award given to Dan Kane |access-date=2015-09-16 |archive-date=2015-10-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151009033124/http://journalism.unr.edu/dan-kane-to-receive-2015-mcculloch-courage-in-journalism-award/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> | signature = | signature_alt = | years_active = | module = | website = <!-- www.example.com --> | portaldisp = }}
'''Daniel Paul Kane''' (born 1961) is an American news reporter and investigative journalist for the Raleigh, North Carolina newspaper ''The News & Observer'', notable for uncovering and exposing the academics scandal at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.<ref name=twsNYTimes2>{{cite news|author=Lyall, Sarah|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/27/sports/reporter-digging-into-scandal-hits-a-universitys-raw-nerve.html|title=Reporter Digging Into Scandal Hits a University's Raw Nerve: University of North Carolina Is at Odds With a Raleigh Newspaper|work=The New York Times |date=April 27, 2014|accessdate=July 15, 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140501055726/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/27/sports/reporter-digging-into-scandal-hits-a-universitys-raw-nerve.html|archivedate=May 1, 2014|url-status=live|quote=...Kane ... member of a three-person investigative team ... helped unearth, often against serious university resistance, many of the most shocking examples of malfeasance....}}</ref><ref name=twsNPR>Audie Cornish, January 06, 2014, NPR, [https://www.npr.org/2014/01/06/260265169/unc-may-have-passed-football-players-with-phantom-classes UNC May Have Passed Football Players With 'Phantom' Classes], Accessed July 16, 2014</ref> Kane is credited for unearthing substantive academic fraud in conjunction with whistleblower Mary Willingham regarding student-athletes who were directed towards phony classes, according to allegations. According to ''The New York Times'', Kane was subjected to "violent threats, angry screeds, and Twitter flame campaigns" in response to his reporting.<ref name=twsNYTimes2/> He "first uncovered a pattern of lax oversight and risibly easy or nonexistent classes disproportionately benefiting athletes".<ref name=twsNYTimes2/>
Kane joined the ''News & Observer'' in 1997.<ref name=twsNewsObserver/> He covered local and state government and North Carolina State University, legislative corruption, and the formation of the state lottery.<ref name=twsNewsObserver>News & Observer, [http://blogs.newsobserver.com/content/meet-the-i-team Meet the I-team], Accessed July 15, 2014</ref> His reporting on North Carolina's secretive personnel law exposed how the state kept much information about state employees from public scrutiny, and it led to a new state law to expedite information-gathering about the pay and performance of state employees.<ref name=twsN&O>Staff Reporters, September 3, 2010, News & Observer, [http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/09/03/661537/no-series-keeping-secrets-wins.html N&O series 'Keeping Secrets' wins award] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140815145607/http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/09/03/661537/no-series-keeping-secrets-wins.html |date=2014-08-15 }}, Accessed July 15, 2014</ref><ref name=twsNewsObserver/> He won a ''First Amendment Award'' from the ''Associated Press Managing Editors'' for work which advances the freedom of information.<ref name=twsN&O/> He won an award for investigative journalism in 2013 from the ''Associated Press Sports Editors'' society.<ref name=twsAPSE/> Along with his colleagues J. Andrew Curliss and Andrew Carter, he won a special citation for reporting on the 2010 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill football scandal.<ref name=twsEWA/> The team also won a ''National Headliner Award'' for education writing from the Press Club of Atlantic City.<ref name=twsAP/> With Jane Stancill and J. Andrew Curliss, he won the Duke University/Green-Rossiter award for "distinguished newspaper work in higher education."<ref name="twsDuke"/> He is a 1983 graduate of Saint John Fisher College in Rochester, New York.<ref name=twsNewsObserver/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://web.nccu.edu/campus/echo/archive7-0809/all-web.pdf |title=Page 6 |access-date=2014-07-25 |archive-date=2016-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220044304/http://web.nccu.edu/campus/echo/archive7-0809/all-web.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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