THE CAMPAIGN FOR GOVERNOR THIS YEAR HAS BEEN A CONTENTIOUS ONE, MARKED BY NEGATIVE CAMPAIGNING AND HEATED DEBATES. WHAT WE’RE NOT HEARING MUCH ABOUT ARE THE CANDIDATES BEHIND THE SLOGANS – THEIR PERSONALITIES, THEIR IDEAS, THEIR PLANS FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. WUNC’S LAURA LESLIE TALKS WITH GOVERNOR MIKE EASLEY.
NOTE: This story won a 2004 honorable mention from the North Carolina Associated Press for general news reporting and a second place for politcal reporting from the Radio Television News Directors Association of North Carolina.