Matthew LaPlante–Thick skin, soft heart

July 18, 2011

Reading Time: 3 minutes Towering over the students on a table in the middle of a classroom, Matthew LaPlante, a freelance writer and adjunct journalism instructor, crouched down in jeans and a t-shirt. His booming, matter-of-fact voice never deviated from its full volume as he articulated the current decline of newspaper journalism to his class. LaPlante’s defiant streak attracted […]