UNC-CH Senior Lecturer Jock Lauterer is back from his fourth trip to China in as many years, after documenting a whirlwind two-week teaching gig to four cities in China where he advised community newspaper start-ups and helped to launch a community journalism program at a university in Foshan in the southern province of Guangdong. His latest book, the revised fourth edition of “Community Journalism: Relentlessly Local,” was published last summer in Mandarin. This blog was written expressly for his photo and community journalism students back at UNC-Chapel Hill, with whom he Skyped a class last week.
Editor Li of Foshan tries to show Mr. Joke some Tai Chi moves. (Photo courtesy of Editor Li)At a Guangzhou open-air market a butcher prepares his wares. (Jock Lauterer photo)The elderly Chinese make a point of staying fit. These winter swimmers impressed me, since I had on gloves when i shot this image in Beijing. (Jock lauterer photo)Beijing traffic clogs the 4th Ring Road, contributing to the smog. (Jock Lauterer photo)Intricate rockwork in an ancient Chinese village. (Jock Lauterer photo)In a friendly alley in old Wenzhou, a family enjoys each other’s company. Here I definitely felt a sense of community. (Jock Lauterer photo)By the Pearl River in Guangzhou we are greeted by a water buffalo. (Jock Lauterer photo)At mama Ying’s for an authentic Wenzhou breakfast, I am greeted like family. While grandfather Ying Shao Xiong tends to little Ying Mohan, mama Ying cooks up a batch of egg rice noodles in a broth filled with tiny shrimp, clams, fried egg and fresh cilantro, onions and spinach from their garden. (Jock Lauterer photo)Lunch at mama Ying’s: they served homemade elderberry wine for lunch. Center is a reporter named “Fanny,” who, at 24, fears she will be a “left-over woman.” At far left is another reporter for the paper. (Jock Lauterer photo)
