Once upon a time...

On the iPod "The Storm" - The Doves

Once upon a time, there was a young man named Daniel. Daniel was a young, hopeful journalist with aspirations of one day reporting and editing for The New York Times. Daniel began his professional journalism career in Grand Rapids, MI. He wrote about lots of things, from murders, to fires to human-interest pieces. Daniel was happy in Grand Rapids. Not too long after he began his career, Daniel took a job in Monroe, MI at the Monroe Evening News.

He became a beat reporter, covering police, courts and fire. After two-years, Daniel became tired and slightly burned out.

The tired journalist then tried his hand in Detroit at Crain’s Detroit Business. It was here he grew into a programmer and code slinger, running the publication’s Web site.

Still, Daniel wondered when he would finally feel like his work would mean something to the world. He began looking outside the narrow world of newspapers and magazines.

In May of 2007, our young fulfillment seeker took a new position as a digital editor with Campbell-Ewald, the nation’s sixth largest advertising agency. Daniel believes this new opportunity will allow him more time to write, more time to be creative and hopefully help him find the fulfillment he has been yearning for.

This is Daniel’s story. This is Daniel’s newest beginning in a history of new beginnings.