Jessica Stewart is a St. Joseph native and a graduate of the University of Missouri. Stewart has 20 years of experience in photojournalism and in 2018 started her career in marketing. After interning at a few small-town papers after college, Stewart was hired at the St. Joseph News-Press. During her…

In high school, Morgan Doyle was the editor of the yearbook but she fell in love with sports journalism after writing a few columns for her school’s newspaper. Her early professional goals were to be a sideline reporter or an MLB beat reporter. Doyle continued to focus on sports journalism…

Historical fiction is a genre that can help us understand people and events of the past. Recently, they have become a way to make even more connections between our present and our shared histories. This is a list of five of the best historical fiction romances I’ve ever read. They…

The Uncharted video game series were the first ever games I fell in love with. My brother and I played through all four games in a month’s time, and I’ve been replaying them over and over ever since. The fourth game, “Uncharted: A Thief’s End,” has become my favorite game…

Missouri is home to three major amusement parks: Worlds of Fun, Six Flags St. Louis and Silver Dollar City. Each one is owned by a different company and are uniquely themed. When looking at these three, it is pretty easy to determine which one belongs at the bottom of this…

Country music is the subject of many criticisms when it comes to its subject matter, the characters that consider themselves to be of the genre as well as how minorities are treated in Nashville and on the radio. …

Damon Albarn of the English group ‘Blur’ took to Twitter to defend himself after a Los Angeles Times article showcasing his beliefs about songwriting was released. His opinion about Taylor Swift caused an uproar that had him apologizing and backtracking all week long. In the article Albarn was quick to…

Ky Turner has been with the Mustangs since the very beginning. Beloved by the entire St. Joseph community, he started in 2008 with a role in promotions and is now the owner of the successful summer league team. Turner always knew he wanted to work in sports but where he…

Taylor Johnson realized she wanted to be a journalist at a young age. The field combined her love of creative storytelling with the opportunity to advocate for those who are not able to share their stories for themselves. Johnson has previously worked in public relations, content creation and social media…