Do you read the blogs on your local Patch? Blogging is fun, easy, free and open to everyone. This summer we are going to take some time to get to know our local bloggers. This week we are featuring Lee Becker, whose blogs may be found on the Oconee Patch. Lee Becker is a resident of Oconee County and shared the following responses with us in an email interview. What is your educational background?I have a B.A. from the University of Kentucky in Journalism, M.A. from the University of Kentucky in Communication and a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in Mass Communication. Tell us a little…

Do you read the blogs on your local Patch? Blogging is fun, easy, free and open to everyone. In May, we are going to take some time to get to know our local bloggers. This week we are featuring Amanda Newsom from the Athens Area Humane Society, whose blogs may be found on the Oconee Patch. Here's what Newsome shared with Patch in an email interview: What is your educational background?I received my bachelor of arts degrees from the University of Georgia in magazine journalism in 2007 and anthropology in 2008 (double major). I then went back to graduate school at UGA and received my master of …

Do you read the blogs on your local Patch? Blogging is fun, easy, free and open to everyone. In May, we are going to take some time to get to know our local bloggers. This week we are featuring Leslie Hale, whose blogs may be found on the Oconee Patch.   Leslie Hale was a recent intern at Extra Special People in Watkinsville. Though her internship with ESP has ended, she still volunteers for the non-profit and staff members are planning to continue blogging in Local Voices to spread the latest ESP news.  Here is some information she shared with us in an email interview. What is your …

Do you read the blogs on your local Patch? Blogging is fun, easy, free and open to everyone. In May, we are going to take some time to get to know our local bloggers. This week we are featuring Sydney Andersen Champagne, whose blogs may be found on the Oconee Patch. Sydney Champagne is a college student who enjoys writing and running. She likes to blog about cooking and gives some great ideas on how to prepare food on a tight budget. Here is what she shared with Patch in an email interview: What is your educational background?My name is Sydney Champagne, I am 20 years old and will be a junior…

Do you read the blogs on your local Patch? Blogging is fun, easy, free and open to everyone. In May, we are going to take some time to get to know our local bloggers. This week we are featuring Kennesaw Taylor, whose blogs may be found on the Barrow, Oconee, and Athens Patches, among others. Taylor's blogs center on what he sees, average people and the stuff that annoys us. “I try to make fun of anything that’s too slow to get out of the way, and then I make fun of its mother too,” Taylor said in an e-mail questionnaire. He says he has tried to steer clear of politicians, but they make such …