Welcome!

When I came to The State News in January 2001, I came for practice. I figured I would spend a semester or two learning how to improve my copy so that when I met my journalistic destiny - TV news, at the time - I would be a sharp writer in addition to a talented broadcaster.

Four years later, I'm wrapping up my term as editor in chief. What started out as "practice" ended up as the love of my MSU career. Each story I covered - from a five-day series on science at MSU to local reaction on Sept. 11, 2001 - taught me that this business isn't about who looks the best doing their job. It's about who does their job.

All I can hope is that I've done my job to the best of my abilities, that I lent context and understanding to the people who chose to read my stories, and that you, reading this, will agree.