Island Packet | Independent Weekly
Former Raleigh Times newsman
David Lauderdale writes: "At the Times, we were terribly local, printing pistol permits, divorces, even who got what in the will. [Managing editor]
Mike [Yopp] said it was almost like the small-town newspaper in a famous National Lampoon
parody -- the Dacron, Ohio, Republican-Democrat. It led with a story about a local lady's cat and had a tiny story at the bottom of the page: 'Japan Disappears.' We did so many stories about bereaved parents, one reporter's nickname was Necro." (Related
story.)
