Jeremy Styron of Central didn't always start out for the newspaper business, first he wanted to try his hand at computer science and being a virtuosic musician. Luckily, those didn't pan out and the Daily Journal/Messenger has had a night editor for about nine months. Part of his duties include pagination, editing stories, writing, and photography, but he really enjoys 'helping others improve their craft and being part of an industry that plays a crucial role in the community.'
When his wife, Aimee, and 2-year old daughter aren't sharing Jeremy with the paper, he's off writing, reading, playing and writing music, Web designing, buffing up on history, and gaming. He's also affiliated with The Mount in Clemson.

Recent Stories

• Harder and shorter
  Weight training regimen impetus behind new book co-authored by local doctor
  Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009
  No mirrors. Clocks with only second hands. Fans cranked to the highest setting amid a controlled 61 degrees. A surgically clean room containing little else but strength training machines, and perhaps, some pencils and progress sheets.
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• Wreck near Applewood Shopping Center
  Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008
  The Seneca Fire Department and the South Carolina Highway Patrol respond to this wreck Wednesday afternoon on the corner of Wells Highway and Hitec Road near Applewood Shopping Center in Oconee County. | Read more

• Candidates weigh illegal immigration
  Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008
  Evidenced by elected officials' efforts to get tough on illegal immigration, the dilemma and its impact on local job markets and economies seems to be on the minds of many in the Upstate. | Read more

• 'Working man', former NFL leader to duel in Pickens
  Friday, Oct. 24, 2008
  A slew of dog barks was heard from the end of a phone line, as a DHL delivery driver pulled up at the home of a local county council candidate. | Read more

• Got questions? Here are some answers
  Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008
  By way of an introduction, let me attempt to answer some of the more obvious concerns that may immediately come to mind. | Read more

• Thinking globally
  Do universal health care systems measure up?
  Saturday, July 19, 2008
  One hundred fifty million people in the world are in the midst of financial meltdowns due to their health care costs, according to World Health Statistics 2008, an annual report issued by the United Nations World Health Organization. | Read more

• Squeezing in health care in tough times
  As more face financial straits, where does health coverage factor in?
  Saturday, July 12, 2008
  A 10-year look at stock market movements for five major insurance companies, including Wellpoint, Cigna, Unum, Allstate and AIG, reveals an industry on the rise. While profits have seemingly soared, local insurance agents and others paint a grim picture of health care costs amidst already stifling gas and food prices. | Read more

• Insurance insecurity
  As cost of health care rises, pinch felt across board
  Saturday, July 5, 2008
  When the Group of Eight industrialized countries meets next week in Japan for its annual forum, the economy, which has even forced people living in the richest countries to penny pinch, will likely be at the center of discussion. | Read more

• Welborn nudges Finley for clerk seat
  Tuesday, June 24, 2008
  By a slim margin of 79 votes of the more than 4,200 cast, Harold (Pat) Welborn Jr. of Pickens defeated Ben Finley for the Pickens County Clerk of Court seat.
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