The Henderson Daily Dispatch: lifting up the community
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
Roadshow visits the Jacksonville Daily News
With the plethora of military bases across the Old North State, you can appreciate the challenges faced by local media when it comes to effectively covering their turf when those bases exist and operate as separate and restricted worlds, especially … Read more
The Roadshow goes to Pembroke, or, the continuing education of Jock “Locklear”
If you head east down the two-lane Blue Highway NC 74-Alternate out of Laurinburg, cross Shoe Heel Creek, hang a left on N. Chicken Road, pass over the black waters of the Lumber River and turn left again into … Read more
Investigative journalism: Into the deep end
“Rough weather makes good timber.” old Southern Appalachian expression When it comes to investigative journalism, Jessica Coates herself will be the first to tell you, she feels like she’s leaped into the deep end of the pool. Actually, the … Read more
In Which the Roadshow hits the Blue Highways of the Great State of Maine
One of the very best things about my job is the Community Journalism Summer Roadshow. Now in its 16th summer and having reached over 190 N.C. newspapers, the Roadshow takes me “From Murphy to Manteo” literally (the Cherokee Scout … Read more