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How long have you been at The Gazette?

I have been with the Gazette since 2022. Before that, I worked in a very, very similar —almost identical — position with the Lee newspapers here in Iowa, and we worked with the Gazette then. So I've essentially been doing this job since 2014.

Where are you from and where did you go to school?

I'm a Wisconsin boy from just across the river. I grew up in southwest Wisconsin and went to college there, at a small college in Platteville, Wisconsin. If you follow me on X (formerly known as Twitter), you know that because of all of my sports posts.

Describe your beat.

I am the Des Moines Bureau Chief for the Gazette. That means that I cover

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