WRAL TV's Scott Mason discusses his book: Tar Heel Traveler: Journeys Across North Carolina

Thurs 10/28  7pm-8pm
WRAL TV reporter Scott Mason gives a presentation on his book

Tar Heel Traveler: Journeys Across North Carolina

A man without arms from Chapel Hill who chainsaws trees with his feet; a 101-year-old woman from Southern Pines whose homemade snake oil cures every ailment; a Johnston County tinkerer whose floor-to-ceiling paper chain swallows half his living room; a Sunset Beach mailbox perched in a sand dune; a Hyde County church moved by God; a Chatham County circle created by Satan; and a Jackson County rock carved by a giant. These are stories Scott Mason has reported for WRAL-TV in Raleigh and which are included in The Tarheel Traveler.

A blend of oral history and memoir with a good dose of quirky humor, The Tar Heel Traveler is a celebratory look at the people and places of North Carolina. Mason is the TV reporter—the Tar Heel Traveler—who journeys across North Carolina profiling colorful characters and out-of-the-way places.

Scott Mason has spent more than 25 years in television, much of that time with WRAL-TV, the CBS affiliate, in Raleigh, North Carolina.  In 2007 he became WRAL’s Tar Heel Traveler.  His feature series takes viewers along the back roads of North Carolina where he meets memorable characters, finds out-of-the-way places, and unearths quirky historical footnotes.


Scott graduated in 1984 from Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia.  He lives in Raleigh with his wife Nina, daughters Lane and Genie, and son Scout.