I Have Written For
  • BB&T
  • Black Business Ink
  • Fayetteville State University
  • GlaxoSmithKline
  • Huami Magazine
  • Livingstone College
  • Lovick Diversity Career Journal
  • N.C. Lawyer’s Weekly
  • Open Society Institute
  • SALISBURY the magazine
  • The Baltimore Sun
  • The Boston Globe
  • The Charlotte Post
  • The Crisis
  • The HBCU Digest
  • The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
  • REX Healthcare Foundation
Services

Laurie’s Write Touch! provides the following services:

  • Book editing*
  • Press releases
  • News articles
  • Media kits
  • Writing consultation

*Books that require heavy editing fall into the rewrite category. Laurie’s Write Touch! charges more for rewriting services than for basic editing/proofreading services.

My Work
William Bennett, 89; served with the Tuskegee Airmen

February 17, 2011 – Globe Correspondent

In 2007, William “Bucko’’ Bennett was among a cadre of then unsung airmen called to Washington, where President George W. Bush was on hand as they received the Congressional Gold Medal, one of the nation’s highest civilian honors. Read the full story (PDF)

Pete Hare’s son bikes cross-country for cancer research

December 17, 2007

David Hare likes hanging out with his friends, playing lacrosse, going to the movies and watching sports. He’s a huge Tar Heels fan, likes the Boston Celtics and was thrilled recently when he got his first car. Read the full story (PDF)

Two years in Chapel Hill and already making a mark

Spring 2013

Heidi Kim started working at Carolina in fall 2010, after completing her Ph.D. in English at Northwestern University, and says she couldn’t ask for a better first job. Read the full story (PDF)

Generations Bred In Despair

May 19, 2004, The Baltimore Sun

Long before Sierra Swann was charged, along with Nathaniel Broadway, with murdering her month-old twin girls last week, she lived with her mother, five siblings and her mother’s boyfriend in a one-bedroom apartment that lacked electricity. Read the full story

Challenge Of Rebuilding Dormant Golf Program Appeals To Springs

March 18, 2010, The Charlotte Post

SALISBURY – Andre Springs envisions a time when Livingstone College’s newly formed golf team wins the CIAA championship. And while it sounds like a lofty goal, don’t be surprised if Springs has his way. Read the full story

NAACP To Sue For Lead Paint Poisoning

July 09, 2001, The Baltimore Sun

NEW ORLEANS – NAACP President Kweisi Mfume is expected to announce a plan tomorrow to sue the lead paint industry as well as cities and states that fail to abide by federal and state regulations. Read the full story

A Little Family Competition: It All Makes For A Night Of Fun, Fellowship And Love

August 01, 2010, The Times-News

Earlier this month, my siblings and I got together at our parents’ house in Burlington to relive our childhoods, sort of. What we actually did was compete against each other in some of the games we played as children: Read the full story