Reflections on community — and community journalism from afar Or…In which the ol’ perfesser finds that journalism in Italy is alive and well… Isabella’s news stand sells 19 separate newspapers, not including — she is quick to tell us — … Read more

Second only to the fine wines of Tuscany, the olive and the rich golden oil derived from the black or green fruit (and maybe not even second – not if you are an olive grove farmer or a connoisseur of … Read more

  What’s your favorite thing about international travel? The food? The local drinks? The strange new sights? Learning a new language? Navigating the travel challenge? Overcoming your fear of being out of your comfort zone? Well, all that — and … Read more

  Introduction Tiring of leapfrogging about the globe, barely unpacking, living out of suitcases and rarely getting to know one place before zipping off to the next, Lynne and I discovered and embraced travel guru Rick Steves’ concept of planting … Read more

As the Durham VOICE (www.durhamvoice.org) enters its ninth year, when I look back in mind’s eye rear-view-mirror, the thing I see is not the 42 print editions or the hundreds of online versions of our paper. I see faces. For … Read more

    On Community Community is where you find it. Archbishop Desmond Tutu cites the South African concept of communal unity, in his native language, “Ubuntu,” explaining, “We are made people through other people.” That we, as a species, are … Read more

    I am sitting seaside this morning, watching grandchildren frolic in the surf. But I am thinking how it won’t be long until these youngsters will be like you — nervous first-years at college somewhere, wondering what they should … Read more

  Earlier this month, the Durham VOICE and the Durham NGO Partners for Youth Opportunity teamed up with the Ocracoke Observer to bring six Durham inner-city teens to the Outer Banks island to spend the better part of a week … Read more

Time was, community newspapers had their offices right on Main Street, USA, with a newspaper press thundering in the back room like a locomotive train chained to the floor. Sadly, in the last 30 years we’ve seen all that change. … Read more

  As the reader can deduce from the name of this journal, I have a love-hate relationship with interstate highways. They get me to my mountain cabin quickly, dependably and predictably without a red light between Chapel Hill and Marion … Read more