Jets article The morning after Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers was injured early in the team’s opening game, the sports editor for The (Bergen County, N.J.) Record messaged a staff-wide query: Were there any long-suffering Jets fans on staff who wanted to express their thoughts in a first-person commentary? I volunteered. It published online and landed on Page 1A in print.
Jeff Pearlman profile I’ve long been a fan of best-selling author (and former Sports Illustrated writer) Jeff Pearlman. After his book The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson was published in 2022, I pitched a profile article to the features editor. Pearlman resides in California, but he was raised in Mahopac, N.Y., part of The Journal News’ coverage area, and his parents still lived nearby.
Music feature story The Record has always prided itself on a vibrant features report. I enjoyed writing the occasional music story for that department even while working full time on the night production desk. This was a piece was on the popular indie rock band Real Estate, whose founding members grew up in Ridgewood, N.J., an important part of the newspaper’s coverage area.
Feature story on bootleg concert recordings At The Record, the features editor liked my work and encouraged me to pitch story ideas. This was an early one, again rooted in my music fandom. It ran as a centerpiece story in August 2015.
