Hey there. My name is John Hendel and a writer and journalist living in mid-Missouri. I graduated from the University of Missouri in May of 2008 with degrees in magazine journalism and history. This fall I will be a Masters journalism student in magazine writing there. 

In addition to my studies at the University of Missouri, I’ve also studied abroad twice in the past three years. I spent a summer in Cuernavaca, Mexico during the country’s presidential election in the summer of 2006. I lived in London during the spring semester of 2007 and interned for the international free expression magazine Index on Censorship.

I was born in the city of St. Louis, Missouri on November 11th, 1986. I share that birthday with a couple of my favorite writers, Fyodor Dostoevsky and Kurt Vonnegut. Both my parents had belonged to the Catholic clergy at one point or another before I came around, and I attended Catholic school until seventh grade, when (through a desegregation program) I transferred to magnet schools for the gifted.

I absolutely love travel, music, literature, and anything that challenges my assumptions about the world around me. I’m a fan of change and starting things fresh.

I very briefly considered blogging on this site but decided in favor of tumblr due to lighter, fast nature. I’m still considering what to do with this site…perhaps a home for some clips and my resume and all that. 

Other Links of Note:

LastFM
Myspace
Tumblr