I have covered an array of different beats including education, city government, county courts, cops and high school censorship. I have written for The Tracy Press in Tracy, Calif., The Record-Journal in Meriden, Conn. and I worked at The Student Press Law Center in Arlington, Virginia. I graduated from Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Conn. with a degree in Print Journalism. In college, I co-founded an independent online campus newspaper, The Quad News, and interned for The New York Post at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado.
I'm a die-hard Miami Dolphins phanatic and fantasy football junkie. (I went 11-0 in one of my fantasy football leagues last season.) I love watching most sports and you can frequently find me at my favorite local restaurants in the neighborhood catching a game. I also enjoy seeing live music and working out in my free time.
<b>Beliefs:</b>
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<strong>Politics:</strong> Independent
<strong>Religion</strong>: Jewish, reform
<strong>Local Hot Button Issues:</strong> I plan to keep a close eye on many local issues, including crime in the neighborhood, APS school board issues and preserving the historic nature of Virginia Highland and Druid Hills.
Free tickets − limited to two per person— are available for Trethewey's keynote address at the 2012 AJC Decatur Book Festival.
Druid Hills High School pre-season football game set for Aug. 18
Tickets are free but you'll need them to hear U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey.
Some residents were upset Monday over the format of the meeting, which was an informal discussion instead of a forum Q&A setting. Other residents and business owners were concerned the project was "a done deal" and lacked public input
During the weeks of the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games, staff at Emory University Hospital are competing in the "Oncology Olympics."
Plans now available online for the proposed 10-million gallon tank off Cheshire Bridge Road
Track & Field's centerpiece event takes place.
Catch up on local headlines you may have missed this week
Virginia-Highland, Inman Park to see more patrol cars and police presence
There will be a major BeltLine cleanup on Sunday morning, August 5, in the area from Park Drive northward to Amsterdam Walk. The group is still looking for volunteers
PEDS CEO Sally Flocks attempts to clear the confusion concerning who is financially responsibility for sidewalk repairs in Atlanta, which is not the same thing as legal liability for injuries.
Plan ahead for your visit on Saturday
Trees and down power lines blocked several roads in Atlanta Thursday night. Share your photos from the storm on VaHi-Druid Hills Patch.
Run a 5K to benefit Crime Stoppers Atlanta, Tour John Howell Park and more
A total of 241 cases of West Nile virus disease, including four deaths, have been reported to CDC. Three human cases have been reported in Georgia.
Only 21.2 percent of registered voters in Fulton County cast ballots. That's 115,062 voters of 542,683 who are registered.
Emory University law professor John Witte, Jr. has been named the Maguire Chair in Ethics and American History at the John W. Kluge Center of the Library of Congress.
Dean of Campus Life Dr. Ajay Nair said the Chick-fil-A location on campus will remain open despite a difference in “values”
YWCA to host food trucks on Thursdays
Jane Rawlings, Chair NPU-F, has written a letter objecting to the rezoning ahead of the Aug. 1 Atlanta Council Zoning Committee hearing.