![]() We are part of a team committed to offering deep dives into the events and actions that define and affect us. Some of the names I read from afar - Steve Pokin, Jackie Rehwald, Rance Burger, Jeff Kessinger - are co-workers now. I’m thrilled to return to Springfield, working for a rising news agency that puts a high value on quality reporting. I worked with some of the best in the business over there, learning a lot about what it means to be a reporter in a city where I was absolutely assured of bumping into people at social events whom I quoted for work. Starting in 2006, I worked as a page designer, education reporter, general reporter, features editor and finished as digital editor. That prepared me for an incredible career with the Globe. That launched a career that took me to Nixa, where I became the editor of the Nixa News-Enterprise, a sister to the Christian County Headliner News. ![]() I received one of the greatest educations in journalism from founders Ron Davis and Mike Wingo. The company that owned the station also owned a magazine named 417. That job and that radio station are responsible for where I am now. And I occasionally worked Sunday nights on air at a Top 40 radio station nicknamed “Hot 106.7,” back when Smashmouth’s “All Star” was a new song. If I recall correctly, that was Springfield’s first Starbucks. I was the newsstand manager at Barnes and Noble when we moved into its current standalone location. I had a great apartment on Elm Street while attending Missouri State University. I graduated from Kickapoo High School in ’91, about 10 years after Brad Pitt and 10 years before those really cool “Fear the ‘Poo” T-shirts (might try to get one of those now). Good on TV after school, walking home from Disney Elementary. I grew up in the Queen City of the Ozarks. This move to Springfield won’t be too much of an adjustment for me, however.
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