Yearly Archives: 2008

By Jock Lauterer In the recurrent dream I’ve had for years, I enter a small-town newspaper office that is strange and yet vaguely familiar. As I search for my desk, Ron Paris materializes before me, greeting me with his characteristically … Read more

I went up to Oxford the other day to do some teaching, but instead come back the enlightened student. My intended target, the unsinkable Al Carson, editor of the Oxford Public Ledger, needs no schooling in journalism — or life … Read more

During this summer while the Carrboro Commons staff members have either graduated or completed J-459 (Community Journalism), this space follows the statewide ramblings of Carrboro Commons adviser Jock Lauterer, who, for the last eight summers, has led community journalism workshops … Read more

Everyone needs a hero. Gene Roberts is mine. Arguably the most decorated living Tar Heel journalist, the 75-year-old Roberts started small before becoming a national figure. But even when he reached the top, he never turned into what my mama … Read more

June 24, 2008 In a day and age when we hear so much doom and gloom about the newspaper industry, it’s a pure pleasure for this old newsie to hit the road each summer to lead workshops at quality, thriving … Read more

A visit to the LNT at LKN 6/04/08 If you want to know how much Mooresville, N.C., has changed in a mere decade, just ask Bill Kiser, editor of the Lake Norman Times. We are having lunch at “Indigo Joe’s,â€? … Read more

Jock Lauterer is the NNA’s newly-appointed grand poobah of community journalism, but the title he really likes is “guy.â€? Jock is also the director of the Carolina Community Media Project at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the … Read more

Gregg Found on publishing in the real world: It was nice to know that the reporting you were doing wasn’t just for practice. It was for real. And I think that challenged and pushed all of us a little bit. … Read more