(Publisher’s note: This article is part of a weekly series featuring journalists from Columbus Dispatch and their work in our community.)
Working like the Columbus dispatch Lycée editor -in -chief was not the work I planned when I changed my major at the University of Miami from the company to English / journalism, but the seeds would soon be sown.
In the fall of 1995, I covered high school sports for the Palladium-Item in Richmond, Indiana, and I loved it.
I saw in the first hand how communities kissed their teams and how community journalism has strengthened this link.
The roots of my journalism career
I should have known at a younger age than it would be my career. My grandfather was a Cleveland sports fan, a voracious reader and someone who has always followed current events. I wanted to be like him. He liked to pore himself on the scores of the baseball box at the simple dealership and the MLB statistics in the new sports, so I would do the same. From 7 or 8 years old, I would make my own range cards and play games in my basement, offering my own game. At least Cleveland has always won those Games.
However, becoming a journalist was not on my radar when I graduated from Shaker Heights High School and I headed for Miami. Most of my friends were determined to hit him rich and I followed for a while. When it was time to choose a major in business, I realized that none of them interested me.
This career, merging sports and news, has been in front of me from the start. I changed my major and I started writing for the Miami student. The courses at the Pullem, Oxford Press and Cincinnati Enquirer would lead to a 10-year career at the Associated Press in Cleveland, Indianapolis and Columbus. I left the AP in 2007 and started working for thisweek Community News. I became a sports copy publisher in Thisweek in 2010, a job that led to my current post.
What I like most about my work
Work with high school sports writers Dave Purpura And Frank DIENNADetermine how to tell the best telling the stories of teams and athletes in the center of Ohio. There is never a shortage of stories. Unfortunately, we don’t have time to write them all.
We started a podcast Last year, and it was an explosion. I tried to make everyone better in terms of script and my delivery.
What stories hold me?
More than I can list here. I have spent many changes after managing the news as a journalist or publisher. No assignment was no longer funny than attending a final exam in 2000 for the humor writing class of Ohio Mel Helitzer teacher. Students made stand-up comedy routines, most of which were funny. This story was written.
My first AP assignment was a show of sports cards in Cleveland where Muhammad Ali signed autographs. I will never forget his interactions with fans. His body may have failed him because of Parkinson’s disease, but his mind remained lively. I followed Tiger Woods once inside the strings The commemorative tournament; The Whoosh sound of his swing on his discs did not look like anything that I had heard. I attended the first Blue Jackets match to write a story about fans and covered LeBron James in the Boys Basketball State tournament.
During my stay in The Dispatch, I am particularly proud of the story of Purpura on Maria Stein Marion Local Lycée Powerhouse Lycée LocalA champion of state 15 times located in a western village in Ohio of 1,200 people.
What is the biggest challenge I face as a journalist?
In addition to making difficult cover decisions – I hate when we cannot cover something – he ignores social media trolls that criticize our work or certain teams or athletes just for kicks. There is no agenda in our secondary sports coverage, apart from telling good stories.
What I do when I don’t work
I spend time with my wife and daughter and our pet bird. I look at a ton of sports, which often means being stressed by guards, wine merchants or brown, then I try to burn this stress by doing the exercise bike or by walking. I wouldn’t call myself a rut – I don’t keep a list of birds that I saw – but I like the observation of birds. I am also a Star Wars / SCI-Fi Nerd.
Why journalism counts
During the writing or publishing of stories, I always think of something that Miami’s journalism teacher Hugh Morgan said the first day of my first journalism lesson: “Basapasap” – to be as specific as possible as soon as possible.
I am proud to play a role in the information of informed readers. It is important that people know what’s going on in their communities.
The editor -in -chief of secondary schools Andy Resnik can be contacted at aresnik@dispatch.com and at @Dispatchpreps on X.