My name is Nicholas (or Nick) Filipas, I am a soon-to-be graduate of the University of Oregon at the School of Journalism and Communication come the end of March.
My main focus is magazine journalism; I aspire to be a sports reporter/beat writer for a professional major league team. I have written about Oregon Ducks football in the past but my passion is writing about basketball.
I little about myself: I was born in Laguna Beach, California in December of 1989 and then lived in the valley up in Modesto until when my younger brother was born five years later. My family later moved to Vancouver, Washington for a couple years before we settled down in Beaverton, Oregon for most of my life. In the summer of 2012 my family made the big move south to Nashville, Tennessee. My favorite cities include Portland, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Maui and Nashville. All of my extended family lives in California, ranging from the grape vines of wine country in Lodi (45 south of Sacramento) to the desert of Indio.
I first wanted to become a journalist when I was a sophomore in high school. My father pointed out that my school essays were always well written and that I should consider taking a publications class. At first I was hesitant, but after meeting the instructor – who is an SOJC alum – I ultimately enrolled to the school’s newspaper my junior year. I was placed on the entertainment section and wrote music and movie reviews and feature stories that I was really proud of at the time. We learned InDesign and I loved it so much I came back my senior year and was placed on the news team as well as being in charge of laying the front page.
After high school and a couple years in community college, I transferred to the UO in the fall of 2011. Since then I have worked on several publications including the Daily Emerald, a summer stint with FishDuck.com and this October was brought on by Pinwheel Empire to write game recaps of Portland Trail Blazers basketball games.
My other interests include listening to a wide range of music, movies, cooking, travel and going to sporting events. My favorite teams include the Trail Blazers, San Francisco 49ers & Giants as well as the Oregon Ducks.
I look forward to building more experience with multimedia and working with a very knowledgeable class and instructor.
Nicholas
01/12/2014 5:00PM