The following is the foreword I wrote for a groundbreaking book at press this summer in China, titled “An Introduction to Community Newspapers in the United States.” The author, Associate Professor Chen Kai of the Communication University of China in … Read more

“Nothing could be finer Than to be in Carolina In the morning…” As I head out on the road again for the first visit of the 11th Annual Community Journalism Summer Roadshow, the sweet lyrics of that old tune come … Read more

EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION MEETING MAY 13-14, 2011 For the last two years I’ve been privileged to participate in one of North Carolina community journalism’s best-kept secrets: the Eastern North Carolina Press Association annual gathering at Carolina Beach. Remember … Read more

The following figures come from the 2010 North Carolina Newspaper Directory, and the statistics reflect ONLY the membership of the NCPA, to which the vast majority of NC papers belong; but it must be stated that there are many newspapers … Read more

By Jock Lauterer Director Carolina Community Media Project The April 16, 2011, tornadoes that raked North Carolina took practically everybody by surprise. Twenty counties were hit, and in each community, local readers depended on their hometown community newspapers for in-depth … Read more

By Jock Lauterer Director Carolina Community Media Project Publishers have no business whining about lost youth readers if they aren’t aggressively nurturing reciprocal relationships with local middle and high school administrators, teachers and students. It’s called “Growing your own Readers,” … Read more

by Jock Lauterer Director The Carolina Community Media Project Summer, 2010 When I came back to Carolina in January 2001 and launched the Carolina Community Media Project, the primary goal was to make free, on-site journalism workshops available to all … Read more

The 9th annual Johnny Appleseed Community Roadshow rolls into Lumberton in southeastern North Carolina where the 2003 indy startup weekly Robeson Journal is duking it out with the competition. Not only is this colorful “relentlessly local” paper making a go … Read more

by Jock Lauterer Director, Carolina Community Media Project I think I may have stumbled on the way to save newspapers. Operate them out of laundromats. No, seriously. Think about it. People HAVE to wash their clothes, and while they’re spinning … Read more

by Jock Lauterer Director, Carolina Community Media Project In this, the 9th summer of the Community Journalism Roadshow, our latter-day Johnny Appleseed is targeting indy and semi-indy non-daily newspapers, which are clearly weathering The Great Recession far better than their … Read more