About

Who is the east coast paper boy?

The east coast paper boy is Fernando Alfonso III.

After graduating from The University of Connecticut in 2009, Fernando accepted a fellowship to the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications in Syracuse, NY. He is in the magazine, newspaper and online journalism program.

At UConn, Fernando interned at the Journal Inquirer Newspaper, the Hartford Courant and the Hartford Magazine. He also studied under Ann Charters, Carl Benson, Scott Bradfield and Samuel Pickering.

In 2008 Fernando studied in London. While there, some of the countries he visited were France, Spain, Italy, Austria, Hungary and the Czech Republic.

As of January 2010, Fernando is a contributing writer at Syracuse’sPost-Standard newspaper while he continues his studies at Newhouse.

Fernando’s interests include Polaroid photography, snowboarding, writing letters, basketball, traveling, racquetball, basketball, reading and turtles.

E-mail: eastcoastpaperboy@yahoo.com; Twitter: @fernalfonso

Who is fourth estate blues?

Fourth Estate Blues is C. Paul Brockwell, Jr., who hails from rural, southern Virginia. Yeehaw! (Editor’s note: no one actually uses “yeehaw” there.) His moniker is the love child of passion and heartache for journalism as an industry.

He did his undergraduate studies in religion and Middle Eastern studies at the College of William and Mary in Virginia.

After graduating in 2007, Paul worked for two years in Virginia state government – first as an assistant to the Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry, then to the Secretary of the Commonwealth. Despite loving his coworkers and the Governor’s office, he decided to take his past time of talking about and understanding politics to the Fourth Estate, hoping to cover the affairs of government with an eye towards increasing civic engagement among his contemporaries.

For all things political, he’s somewhat critical. Paul’s passions include the Supreme Court, baked goods, wordplay (both subtle and clever and atrociously awful), and civic engagement.

He decided to pursue his dream of covering politics at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications in Syracuse, NY. He is in the magazine, newspaper and online journalism program.

At W&M, Paul worked a year on the ed board of the Dog Street Journal, serving as opinion editor and managing editor for production before deciding to focus his time on academics, serving the Undergraduate Honor Council and working with ResLife.

In 2006 Paul studied at Oxford (Hertford College), primarily focusing on British imperialism, the Crusades, Sufism and Shakespearean tragedies. He even played Malcolm in a New College garden production of Macbeth.

As of January 2010, Paul has been a contributing writer at Syracuse’s Post-Standard newspaper while he continues his studies at Newhouse.

Paul’s interests include words, political satire, comedic arts, pop culture and graphic design (a recent love).

E-mail: cpbrockw@syr.edu; Twitter: @PBrockwell84

Who is jon boi?

Jon Boi is the moniker for Jonathan Alfonso.

He is a student at Marist College and will graduate in 2011 with a bachelor’s degree in finance. His interests include sports, video games, collecting sneakers and business related topics.

Some of his favorite teams are the New York Knicks, NY Giants, NY Yankees and from the English Premier League, Manchester United.

Who is couchcast?

Couchcast is Kenny “slimshady” Fisch, a Marine Meteorologist in Fishkill, NY.

In his spare time he enjoys tinkering with computers, messing with cars and working on his and his girlfriend’s two family house in Poughkeepsie.

When he’s not doing any of the above, he can be found sleeping, eating or working on a weekly podcast called “Couch Cast” with two of his buddies from SUNY Oneonta . It can be found here or on iTunes.

Who is bgaryg?

BGaryG is Bryan Garrigan. By day, he is a designer at the Bechtel Marine Propulsion Corporation. By night, a mechanical engineering student at Union Graduate College in Schenectady, NY.

When not working or studying, Bryan enjoys cars, sports (mainly baseball and football) and occasionally even picks up a book.

Who is scruff87?

Matt loves traveling to fun and different places. He recently returned from a trip to Puerto Rico and looks forward to expanding his horizons across this green Earth.

When Matt goes to the big enchilada in the sky, he wants to burried in his 1995 Nissan Maxima.

Who is chocolateandfruit?

Chocolateandfruit is Sarah Rahman’s alias. Sarah’s not really sure what city she’s a native of but she lives in quaint Wappingers Falls, NY. The Hudson Valley is one of her favorite places. A graduate of Stony Brook University, with a bachelor’s in economics and political science, Sarah currently works at the Roosevelt Institute.

She’s motivated by her religion and her interests include: shopping ’til dropping, laughing at her family and friends, reading the news, European football (where the boys are), perpetually playing tennis at a beginner’s level and traveling. Her pet causes are children and malaria. She loves hearing about progress in global health and poverty.

She lived in Saudi Arabia for 12 years, New York for 10 and London for  a year. Her dreams include owning a cat, but she’ll settle for world peace. She likes chocolate and she likes fruit, but not together.

Twitter: @rahmansarah