Email: michael.sewall@patch.com
Phone: 708-203-4925
Hometown: Western Springs, Ill.
Birthday: March 14, 1988

Some Favorites

• Interests: Sports, traveling, food and writing.
• TV shows: Breaking Bad, Friday Night Lights, Dexter, Parks & Recreation.
• Movies: No Country for Old Men, Fight Club, Little Miss Sunshine, Jurassic Park.
• Books: Hell's Angels, Moneyball, The Devil in the White City, Invisible Monsters.
• Music: Punk, hip hop and classic rock.

Education

I graduated from the University of Missouri in May 2010 with a bachelor's degree in journalism and minors in sociology, creative writing and multicultural issues. I graduated from Lyons Township High School in La Grange in 2006. 

Work

Patch is my first true job out of college. After graduating, I did an internship at The Chronicle of Higher Education in Washington, D.C., before looking for work in the Chicago area.

While in college, I worked at the Columbia Missourian as an assistant city editor and reported on the higher education and health beats there. I also held a number positions with the student newspaper, The Maneater, editing the campus news, politics and opinion sections. As a junior, I served as managing editor of the paper and believe that experience prepared me most for Patch.

To learn more, check out my video welcome to New Lenox Patch.