Three Months of Beachwood Patch

It may be April Fools’ Day, but today is very special here at Beachwood Patch for a reason unrelated to rubber chickens and hand buzzers.

Wednesday was our three-month anniversary here at Beachwood Patch, and I thought it would only be fitting to celebrate the first three months with a nod to our most frequent contributors.

Below, find out a little about each one, and follow the links to see some of each of their work.

Sports, Features

A grad student at Kent State University, Chris lives in Shaker Heights and covers Bison sports. He’s written about  and  basketball and and this spring has pledged to cover every sport at least once.

He also writes a few weekly features: and

Features

In addition to his job at a Lorain County newspaper, Adam goes to school part-time, earning his master’s degree in computer science. He lives in University Heights.

You may have most recently noticed Adam’s name on the series, but Adam’s also written profiles of local businesses and and covered the He also writes the and the features every week.

Features, Photos

Afi, a Cleveland resident, has written everything from children’s novels to news. She’s a regular contributor to The Root and Heart and Soul magazines.

Afi takes great photos every week for our Thursday feature Viewfinder – this week, she visited a – and has written a piece about the for Beachwood Patch.

Photos and Video

Jim comes to Patch after 18 years as Sun Press photo editor. A Tremont resident, Jim takes photos for Patch: check out his slideshows from the and the

Sports

Barry’s covered sports in this region for over 30 years and, in-season, writes the most Sundays. Most recently he previewed spring sports seasons, and he’s also covered and written a feature about

Features

Katherine dabbles in everything from writing to photography to real estate, and for Beachwood Patch she gives you a new to try every week. She also wrote a feature on the annual one of our most-read stories since our launch.