On Writing:

While I enjoyed news reporting, I was more in love with the newsrooms I was a part of – remnants of locally-owned newspapers and publications. They were once the heartbeats of their communities, yet now are fading from downtown street corners and the publics’ mind. I cherished being a part of these places; in just five years’ time, one has merged with the other to become one (until it becomes none), the daily newspaper is now 6 (maybe 5?) days a week, and a biweekly student print publication cut paper and went virtual.

My journalism experience was a service as the voice on local rumblings, the informer of the hard-hitting and not-so-hard-hitting news, the familiar face at the local Brunswick stew gathering, or high school football game. These stories were and are important, no matter how trivial they may seem: little league baseball, the cemetery of oldest church in town, a new business downtown, or the annual holiday parade hold special places in our hearts, and they used to in print.