They say first impressions never have a second chance.

I’ve been staring at my laptop screen for about half an hour trying to make mine, all while summing up who I am in about 600 words.

Like many of you, I hate talking about myself. But I suppose the easiest thing to do is just tell you how it is, which, for better or for worse, is how I try to operate as a journalist.

I’ve spent just under nine years reporting on Southern Miss athletics and high school sports, first as a student and later as a professional. However, my first job out of college featured me working at a daily newspaper in the heart of Iowa before my previous home of Hattiesburg, Miss., came calling. Over the last five years, I’ve served as the sports editor of a weekly newspaper, and during my tenure in that role, I hav

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