A bit about Andrew
As a journalist with an eye for stories and the skills to tell them in a multitude of formats, I'm a reporter suited for the digital age. With a technical broadcast training from Syracuse University and countless days covering sports and local news for print and digital outlets, I've got a burgeoning inventory of skills and experience to bring to the table.
And a bit more about Andrew
After many childhood mornings poring through the ink confines of the sports section of The Lansing State Journal and any number of hours thumbing through the glossy, glorious pages of a Sports Illustrated at the dentist's office or the barber shop, a job at his high school paper was the natural progression. And on top of two years heading sports coverage at The OHS Press, where I earned statewide recognition for my growing voice in a series of sports-related columns, I also called Okemos High School varsity football games for the Okemos Channel — the public access station. A career in journalism, particularly sports, became the goal.
I enrolled at Syracuse University and the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications upon graduating high school in 2016, pursuing (and earning) a Bachelor of Science in Broadcast and Digital Journalism. Along with world-class training in television and radio journalism, I spent four years honing my craft as a print and digital reporter, writer and editor at The Daily Orange. Starting as a lowly contributing writer in the fall of 2016 as a freshman, I quickly rose through the staff, first becoming a sports copy editor before being hired as an assistant sports editor. For the 2018 spring semester, I became sports editor at The D.O. as a sophomore — the first since Pete Thamel (though mostly by virtue of circumstance). I also served on the board of directors for The D.O. — a 501(c)3 — as it navigated a move from one university-owned property to another. And as a reporter for The D.O., I covered five beats, including two years on the football beat where my work was nationally recognized at the Associated College Press awards in 2020.
Upon finishing college amid the Covid-19 pandemic, I found a reporting job in my ostensible hometown of East Lansing, Michigan, doing local news. But after nearly two years and almost 300 stories written, I moved on due to a lack of fair compensation and stability at that job.
Nowadays, I'm still in mid-Michigan and available for freelance work — preferably sports-related but open to most anything — and hoping to make a move back to full-time sports journalism. Drop me a line!
Say hey!
Preferably to hire me for things, but also just to get in touch.