The Valley Patriot - North Andover, MA (May 2009-present)
The Valley Patriot is a newspaper that cycles throughout the Merrimack Valley in Massachusetts. While I was interning at 980 WCAP AM radio in Lowell, MA I met producer George Papoulias who wrote for The Valley Patriot at the time. I told Papoulias that I was currently taking classes at UMass Lowell, and wrote about sports for the schools newspaper (The UMass Lowell Connector). Papoulias gave me the editor of The Valley Patriot's contact information, and since then I have been writing monthly articles for the monthly newspaper out of North Andover.
Starting with the 'VP, I wrote about the Lowell Spinners (Red Sox Single-A affiliate) in 2009, created a column called, "Shawn Hansen's Comedy Corner," in November 2009, where I interviewed different comedians, going to their shows, and writing about their performances.
From then on, I covered the entire 2009 Lowell Devils (Affiliated with the New Jersey Devils at the time) season, started Shawn Hansen's Music Corner, Shawn Hansen's Sports Corner, and Shawn Hansen's Television Corner ... along with Shawn Hansen's Book Corner.
Starting with the 'VP, I wrote about the Lowell Spinners (Red Sox Single-A affiliate) in 2009, created a column called, "Shawn Hansen's Comedy Corner," in November 2009, where I interviewed different comedians, going to their shows, and writing about their performances.
From then on, I covered the entire 2009 Lowell Devils (Affiliated with the New Jersey Devils at the time) season, started Shawn Hansen's Music Corner, Shawn Hansen's Sports Corner, and Shawn Hansen's Television Corner ... along with Shawn Hansen's Book Corner.