Coastal Review is a daily, nonprofit, news and feature service covering the North Carolina coast and published with editorial independence by the North Carolina Coastal Federation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit group dedicated to protecting and preserving the North Carolina coast.
Coastal Review provides objective reporting, information and commentary on issues, policy and notable figures and history with a specific focus on the environment and people of the state’s 20 coastal counties. Coastal Review is funded by the Coastal Federation and operates with full editorial independence from its publisher.
While the Coastal Federation often advocates for better laws and policies, Coastal Review is not an advocacy publication. We’re not interested in one-sided stories packaged as “news.”
Our stories are written by professional journalists, who strive to meet the highest standards of fairness and accuracy. The editor works to ensure those standards are consistently met. Editorial decisions are made independently of the publisher and any other persons or interests.
Opinion and commentary published by Coastal Review are always clearly labeled as to distinguish from our news reporting. This includes perspectives on policy and issues — most often from guest contributors — as well as the work of our regular columnists, who generally focus on lighter fare, but whose opinions may be included and relevant.
History and awards
We launched Coastal Review in February 2012 to fill the growing gap in coastal environmental reporting brought on by changes in traditional media and newsroom downsizing, which greatly diminished coverage of environmental issues. Independent, nonprofit online news outlets such as Coastal Review perform vital work raising awareness of environmental issues that affect each of us, our health, safety and quality of life.
Coastal Review has been a member of the North Carolina Press Association since 2015. Over the past decade, Coastal Review has won more than 100 awards from the association, which represents North Carolina newspapers and works to protect the public’s right to know through the defense of open government and First Amendment freedoms.
Funding
The North Carolina Coastal Federation provides much of the money to keep Coastal Review going. Becoming a member supports our work.
Coastal Review accepts donations and grant support from businesses, organizations, foundations, families and individuals. They can also sponsor the site for day. Donations and sponsorships are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law. Coastal Review, however, is committed to maintaining and upholding its independence. Financial support to the organization doesn’t influence content development, production or publication in any manner.
The Coastal Federation’s financial health, accountability and transparency have earned it a perfect score with Charity Navigator. Fewer than 1% of the thousands of charities rated by Charity Navigator have earned perfect scores.
Privacy Policy
We’re committed to protecting your privacy. We collect personally identifying data about you, such as your name, address and e-mail address, only when you provide it to us voluntarily. Coastal Review will never rent or sell your personal data. Go here for our Privacy Policy.
Comment Policy
We believe discussion and debate are important. Comments on our content are accepted and encouraged on our Facebook page. We also accept letters and opinion columns in our Commentary Section.
Go here for our full Comment Policy.
Copyright
The copyright for this site and materials contained in it are owned by the N.C. Coastal Federation or by third parties who grant use of their materials. We do provide our content for sharing, with some restrictions.
Links to Coastal Review
You may link to the home page of our site and to individual pieces of content as long as the link does not cast us in a false or misleading light.
Links to Other Websites
Our site contains links to other online content we believe may be of interest to our readers. We have no control over these other sites or their content. Links are not an endorsement or promotion of the information, views, opinions or news found on those websites. Coastal Review does not guarantee the veracity or editorial intent of information on websites linked to our posts. When you follow an external link and leave our site, know that those other sites are governed by their own user agreements and privacy policies. If you find a link that is broken, please let us know by sending us an email.
Termination, Additions and Edits
We reserve the right to terminate, add to, and/or edit our policies, appearing here and elsewhere on the site, at any time without notice and for any reason.
Questions, Comments
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