Jon Campisi, Patch Staff

<b>Email</b>: Jon.Campisi&#64;patch.com<b><br>Phone</b>: 215-298-4463<b><br>Hometown</b>: Philadelphia<b><br>Birthday</b>: March 15<br><b>Bio </b>(professional highlights, marital status, hobbies, etc)

Jon Campisi is a Northeast Philly native who spent the first half of his life in the city, and the second half in the nearby suburbs. After graduating from Temple University with a Communications degree, he wrote for The Ambler Gazette, a weekly newspaper in Montgomery County, for three-plus years. He then took a brief detour up to the Granite State, where he worked as a correspondent for the New Hampshire Union Leader. While the work experience was well worth the venture up north, he quickly grew homesick. Missing Pennsylvania, he moved back after about nine months, where he eventually landed a job with the Northeast Times, a weekly publication covering Northeast Philadelphia. When he learned the company was launching a weekly paper covering Manayunk, Roxborough and East Falls, he put my name in the running, and was soon given the title of beat reporter for The Star.

Feeling as though he accomplished all that could be accomplished, he set out for a change, and found Patch. For the past three months, Jon worked as the first-ever editor of Chestnut Hill Patch. While he thoroughly enjoyed his time on &#34;The Hill,&#34; Jon was given the opportunity to return back down to Roxborough and Manayunk, and so on Feb. 16, 2011, he became the new editor of Roxborough Patch, taking over for that site&#39;s first-ever editor, Sam Fran Scavuzzo.

As for Jon personally, he is a simple man: he likes horror movies, loves his dogs and girlfriend, tries to get a fresh tattoo whenever he has discretionary funds, and enjoys the occasional trip to the shooting range.

<b>Your Beliefs</b><br>At Patch, we promise always to report the facts as objectively as possible and otherwise adhere to the principles of good journalism. However, we also acknowledge that true impartiality is impossible because human beings have beliefs. So in the spirit of simple honesty, our policy is to encourage our editors to reveal their beliefs to the extent they feel comfortable. This disclosure is not a license for you to inject your beliefs into stories or to dictate coverage according to them. In fact, the intent is the opposite: we hope that the knowledge that your beliefs are on the record will cause you to be ever mindful to write, report and edit in a fair, balanced way. And if you ever see evidence that we failed in this mission, please let us know.<br><br><b>Politics </b><br>How would you describe your political beliefs?<br>Are you registered with a certain party?

I try to stay open-minded, but I would certainly consider myself more of a Libertarian than anything else. I&#39;m a big boy, and don&#39;t need government dictating to me life choices. However, I&#39;m a registered independent, and tend to vote my conscience. Definitely not a &#34;party man.&#34;

<br><br><b>Religion</b><br>How religious would you consider yourself? (casual, observant, devout, non religious)

Having grown up with a Jewish mother and Catholic father, I was clearly exposed to differing religious ideologies. But as an adult, I don&#39;t consider myself all that religious. I do believe in being a good person, if that counts for anything.

<br><b><br>Local Hot-Button Issues</b><br>What do you think are the most important issues facing the community?<br>Where do you stand on each of these issues?

What&#39;s interesting is that I&#39;m brand-spankin&#39; new to covering the Chestnut Hill community, so I don&#39;t necessarily have a handle on all the issues ... yet. But I do hope to learn what makes people tick in town, and plan on carrying out my reporting accordingly.