Michael J. McCloskey
Phone number:(718)472-5692 
E-mail Address:strat@student.umass.edu
Postal Address:
- 41-21 42nd Street
- Sunnyside Queens
- NY 11104
Hello, my name is Michael McCloskey and
you have just entered my homepage. I am a senior at
the
University of Massachusetts at
Amherst. Although my major is English, my
main interest lies in
journalism. My two passions are music and writing. Writing about music
allows me to combine these two interests and display my knowledge of the
medium. I enjoy writing because it allows me to communicate with an
audience and articulate my feelings on a given subject.
Despite my senior status, at the beginning of this year I felt like a
freshman all over again. You see, I was in Leeds,
England for all of last year attending Leeds University. My interest in
journalism began the semester before I embarked on my
trip to merry old England. I was in the process of changing majors, when I
discovered that journalism is
almost unheard of as a major field of study
in the UK. Not wanting to forfeit my opportunity to study abroad, I opted to
remain an English major. Since my return, I have nourished this desire to
be a journalist by writing for my school newspaper,
The Daily
Collegian and taking classes in the UMass
journalism department. If you're interested in seeing what my
journalism class is doing with computers, check
out the
UMass Internet Journalist homepage. In the future, I would like
to expand my writing range and write about sports and other areas
of entertainment. Following graduation, I
aspire to write for my home town newspaper in New York City, The New York Times or my
favorite magazine, Mojo (an English music magazine).
Would you like to see a sample of my
work? If you are impressed, feel free to peruse my resume.
My
interests include:
music,
movies, Sports, TV (Seinfeld
and Simpsons)
and
writing. 
Hear about my
adventures in Europe and see some cool pictures. 
Bookmarks of my favorite sites here.
Credits
Copyright(C) 1996, Michael J. McCloskey
Journalism Department
University of Massachusetts/Amherst
All Rights Reserved.
Last Updated By: Michael J. McCloskey
5/20/96
strat@oitunix.oit.umass.edu
Any comments or critiques are welcome.