After a stint in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]] with ''The Town Talk'' in the late 1970s, he joined ''The Baton Rouge Advocate'' as a political reporter.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/theadvocate/DeathNotices.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonId=87304696|title=John Maurice LaPlante, Jr.|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=April 17, 2007|accessdate=May 23, 2015}}</ref>
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After a stint with the ''[[Alexandria Town Talk]]'' in the late 1970s, he joined ''The Baton Rouge Advocate'' as a political reporter.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/theadvocate/DeathNotices.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonId=87304696|title=John Maurice LaPlante, Jr.|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=April 17, 2007|accessdate=May 23, 2015}}</ref>