By now you’re probably wondering, how many school newspapers/magazines did this guy write for? To be honest, many of these gigs were assignments. The Eggnog Gazette I don’t remember well at all, but do know it came to life in fifth grade, making it probably the first official paper I worked on. It was a…
The article below was one of the first I had published after joining my high school newspaper, The Viking Voice, in Mount Horeb. When we reviewed albums, our staff wasn’t usually given much of a word count to work with. Generally we had about three paragraphs to work with. Reading the review so many years…
My blog officially launched on October 9, 2015. Last year I published a “year in review” at the one year anniversary mark. I decided to make it a yearly tradition, so here we are again. The “year in review” details many of my posts in each category from the past year. If you want to…
I was a journalism junkie growing up and a member of my high school newspaper (The Viking Voice in Mount Horeb). A few years ago I located all the issues our journalism class created during my Junior and Senior year. I then typed up the articles I wrote for the Voice, of course not knowing what I would…
Here’s another article written for my high school newspaper, the Viking Voice. Our staff took a poll about how students spent their free time and I was given the assignment to write an article about the results… The search for ways to spend one’s free time is never-ending, and MHHS students definitely have a diverse…
I answered an ad during senior year of high school that changed my life ever so briefly. The owner/editor of the Verona Press was looking for feature article contributors, and I thought I’d take a chance that he would give a 18 year old kid a shot. At $10 per story, what did he…
What the Feck? One of my stated goals with this blog is to let you get to know me better through various written works. I’m a history buff, and I believe that sharing archival pieces will give you some insight into my style and interests. So far I have presented the early “little kid” school…
In honor of Back to the Future Day, let’s go back to Marty McFly’s era (1985). I joined the Viking Voice high school newspaper staff that year and we published an article a month for the next year and a half. Things slowed in the second semester of Senior year. I learned a lot there…
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