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I started my career as a journalist in 1985 at what was then called the Springfield Union-News. I was a part-time correspondent, covering two small towns in Western Massachusetts. We got paid by [...]

For several years now, I have been writing for the Laconia Daily Sun in Laconia, New Hampshire. I very much enjoy returning to my journalism roots for these assignments and writing for a daily [...]

As I launched my career as a journalist over 30 years ago, the part of the work that made me most anxious was interviewing people, asking questions. I was painfully shy back then and had also yet [...]

Having dreamed of being a journalist since she was 15, Shelby Ashline is finally living that life. In May, after graduating from the University of Massachusetts, she started work as a reporter [...]

There are many things for which my Westfield State College degree in English and journalism well prepared me, but no academic institution can prepare you for the wide range of topics that a beat [...]

Unaware he was nominated for the New England Journalism Educator of the Year award, Marty Dobrow nearly missed the notification that he was this year’s chosen recipient. He assumed the blue [...]

When Joan Axelrod-Contrada was young, she was one of the children who cheered instead of groaned when doing grammar and writing exercises. “I loved how all the different parts of sentences came [...]

Michael Barry has a love of sports and everything related. Currently a senior at Westfield State University, Michael is majoring in English with a focus on writing. He grew up in Natick, [...]

Suzanne Strempek Shea says her idea of a hectic commute is walking down a hallway to her office, her office being a sunroom in the winter and her back patio from May to October.