Paula LaRocque was entrusted with a big task when she joined astaff skeptical about her hiring as the paper’s first-ever writing coach. Staff writers weren’t sure a coach was necessary and many had voiced concerns, former colleagues said, but it wasn’t long before LaRocque was touching lives across the newsroom and, later, the world. Paula LaRocque(Courtesy) “I don’t know what …
Read More »Paula LaRocque, former writing coach for The News and ‘master of the English language,’ dies at 84
June 6, 2021