He grew up in California, attended a community college and graduated from San Francisco State.
"I saw a news-writing course and I loved it immediately," he said.
The News Times hired him as reporter for four years and editor for ten years. However, an intern publisher fired him. With a wife and four kids, he was determined to get back on his two feet.
Six months after, he became the director of WCSU Public Relations and describes himself as feeling "better, relaxed and happy" and able to more time with his children. He write blogs for newstimes.com and finds it so much more enjoyable. He is also teaches a writing course for freshman.
'I can tell jokes and be funny," he says. "I couldn't in my column before [with The News Times]."
He represents the university and is focused promoting and telling about it.
His advice for future journalists? "Journalism is still interesting, fun, rewarding for the soul but not financially, you can still make a living. Newspaper still has yet to figure out the future and online."
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