Where is he now: Lance McCord

ryanteaguebeckwith — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:54:11 -0400

Lance McCord helped start BlueNC, but he's no longer active.

As a second-year law student at UNC-Chapel Hill, McCord was inspired to start a political blog by reading Crooked Timber, a blog run by a group of academics.

He asked his friends who might be a good partner, and James Protzman's name came up. Along with fellow law student John Livingston, the three started BlueNC in March of 2006 after a single face-to-face meeting at a coffee shop in Research Triangle Park.

McCord, who blogged as Lance, was originally interested in national politics, but he said his interest shifted because of BlueNC's relentless focus on state politics.

"I had a realization that the politics that mattered in most peoples lives were local," he said.

After graduating in 2007, McCord took a job as a corporate attorney with Kilpatrick Stockton in Atlanta. After the birth of his daughter last year, he stopped blogging entirely.

"New job, new town, new baby," he said. "Something had to go, and BlueNC was it."

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Where is he now: Lance McCord