My passion for journalism came after I read a copy of Hunter S. Thompson's "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas." I was intrigued by how someone could subjectively tell an objective story, so much so that I wrote my senior thesis on the contention of subjectivity in journalism, highlighting the New Journalism movement in the '70s. 

When I'm not covering a story or writing, I enjoy working out, reading, expanding my library (I've amassed over 200 books), painting, and photographing.