Lurie has spent most of his life in newspaper business

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  • Natalie (l-r), Josh and Lola Lurie outside of the Macon Opera House after this year’s ballet recital. CONTRIBUTED
    Natalie (l-r), Josh and Lola Lurie outside of the Macon Opera House after this year’s ballet recital. CONTRIBUTED
  • Steven Smith (l-r), Josh Lurie and Debbie Lurie Smith at Lurie’s wedding in New Orleans in 2016. CONTRIBUTED
    Steven Smith (l-r), Josh Lurie and Debbie Lurie Smith at Lurie’s wedding in New Orleans in 2016. CONTRIBUTED

    Sometimes, age just doesn’t matter.

    Josh Lurie has been in the newspaper business 29 years, starting part-time with The Jones County News when he was 14.

    Lurie, 43, has stayed in the business. He is now Managing Editor and Production and Technology Manager of the News and three other Middle Georgia weekly newspapers.

    “I oversee the production of four weekly newspapers,” Lurie said recently, “and we p…