Macon at night: Catcalling, harassment and why victims don’t report
Emily Rose Thorne, Digital Editor
October 11, 2019
After being followed across campus by a stranger at 2 a.m., I asked Mercer Police if the office had collected any data on similar student experiences and asked two women about navigating Macon at night.
“Macon Peace”: Local organizations aim to decrease youth violence
Sterling Neill, Contributing Writer
September 28, 2019
Organizer and creator of the community organization LJ Malone said he believes that the citizens of Macon desperately need a new approach to handling violence. He got the idea to start this organization while advocating for music artists in the Macon area.
Timothy Jones inspires journalism student
Marin Guta, Digital Editor
November 7, 2015
Timothy Jones, a blind musician at Mercer, leaves an impression on student reporter
Cluster moving to CCJ
Katelyn Armstrong
September 27, 2014
Last week Mercer’s student newspaper, The Cluster, moved from Connell Student Center to a new location. The office and headquarters of the paper is now in the Center for Collaborative Journalism. Emily Farlow, the editor and chief of The Cluster, hopes that the move will create more of a student...
CCJ and Macon-Bibb seek solutions to blight
Emily Farlow
August 27, 2014
When Angela Manson drives around the neighborhood in which she grew up, she can still remember familiar houses and their occupants. But many of those houses in Macon's Pleasant Hill neighborhood are now run-down, abandoned or gone. "It's very disheartening when you drive up the street and you see all...
CCJ event features writers Tom Junod and Charles McNair as guests
Rachel Paul
April 4, 2014
On March 26, Tom Junod and Charles McNair made their appearance on Mercer University’s Macon campus to talk about writing, share their struggles and success stories and to introduce a technique of blending fact and fiction in writing. Hosted by the Center for Collaborative Journalism, the event was ope...
Mercer announces Center for Collaborative Journalism
Elizabeth Bibb
December 15, 2011
*Updated January 26, 2012 At the close of fall semester, Mercer President William Underwood announced an effort sponsored by the Knight Foundation to bring together professional journalists and students in a joint newsroom in College Hill Corridor. A $4.6 million grant from the John S. and James L....