by Lauchlin Fields | From the Front Porch, From the Front Porch Column, Legacy
I’ve been thinking about legacy in two tenses: past and present. In the past tense, legacy is what we leave behind. It’s the spirit and memory of who we were after we’re gone. The stories people tell. The imprint we made. But the present tense feels more urgent....
by Lauchlin Fields | From the Front Porch, From the Front Porch Column, Resilience
On August 29, 2005, I was off from work. I’d covered the weekend shift at The Vicksburg Post, so that Monday I found myself at home, sitting in my living room watching what I called “Hurricane TV.” Meteorologists clung to poles on The Weather Channel, shouting into...
by Lauchlin Fields | From the Front Porch Column
I didn’t set out to do “audience work.” I just kept asking questions that didn’t seem to belong to any one team: Who is this for?How will they find it?Will they see themselves in it?Will it matter to them?And how do we even know? At the time, “audience” was a word the...
