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UNC professor to lead community journalism efforts

Posted on June 5, 2008June 6, 2008 by Staff

Lauterer had a long career in journalism before coming to UNC. Photo courtesy UNC News Services.UNC News Services

The National Newspaper Association (NNA) has named University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill professor Jock Lauterer its point person on community journalism for the trade association’s nationwide membership primarily of non-daily newspapers.

Lauterer is a lecturer in community journalism and news writing at the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication, where he directs the Carolina Community Media Project, the school’s outreach program to 192 small North Carolina newspapers.

“I’m delighted to be a part of the NNA,” said Lauterer, whose community journalism class helped inspire the creation of The Carrboro Citizen. “I believe so strongly in the fundamental importance of great newspapers and their Web sites because they play a critical role in the promotion and maintenance of civic life and high livability in a free democratic society.”

The NNA is the nation’s oldest and largest newspaper organization. Its mission is to protect, promote and enhance America’s community newspapers through government relation programs, business and educational programs, and its national publication for community newspapers.

Lauterer will specialize in community journalism newsroom issues, complementing the NNA’s specialists in postal service, public policy and legal issues.

“Jock has a real cache and expertise in the newsroom,” said Brian Steffens, executive director of the NNA. “He will be a great ambassador and resource for the NNA and its members.”

Each summer, Lauterer conducts free, on-site journalism workshops at newspaper offices across the state. His “community journalism roadshow” has visited more than 120 newspapers during the last seven summers. Lauterer records his travels in the Blue Highways Journal blog at http://weblogs.jomc.unc.edu:16080/bluehighways/

1 thought on “UNC professor to lead community journalism efforts”

  1. Andy Bechtel says:
    June 7, 2008 at 11:30 am

    Congrats to Jock. He will be great in this role.

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