Jon has been with Eagle Media since May 2006. He covers the City of Seneca, the City of Westminster, Tri-County Technical College, Southern Wesleyan University, and Pickens County Council for the "Daily Journal" and "Daily Messenger." His columns, "Silver Screen," "Video 2 Go," and "Pages" appear in "Bootleg: Essential Culture."
Raised in Charlotte, N.C., Jon is a 2006 graduate of Catawba College in Salisbury, N.C. He lives near Seneca.

Recent Stories

• Wander gone wrong
  Wednesday, March 5, 2008
  Show me a person like Christopher McCandless and I’ll show you someone who doesn’t exist. | Read more

• Wes Anderson weirdness
  Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008
  You like him or you don’t. | Read more

• Top Five Campiest Movies of 2007
  Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2008
  Were these movies great? | Read more

• The best films of 2007
  Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2008
  Cormac McCarthy’s novel is a riveting piece of modern literature. The movie is better. | Read more

• Tap into new “Wireâ€� set
  Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2007
  I don’t usually recommend TV-on-DVD releases because most shows, even insanely popular ones like “Lost� and “Grey’s Anatomy,� have limited appeal. | Read more

• Holiday films that shouldn’t suck
  Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2007
  Let’s keep it real | Read more

• ‘Sicko’ treated and released for DVD
  Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007
  Well that didn’t create much of a spark, did it? | Read more

• Heroin, death and dollars
  Coen brothers movie hits screens this month
  Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007
  “What’s the most you ever lost in a coin toss?�
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• Connelly feels the beat
  Collection features reporting in “Crime Beat�
  Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2007
  Michael Connelly doesn’t just write about a cop. He writes about the cop’s glasses. | Read more

• Game over: Why games don’t make movies…period
  Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2007
  There’s going to be another “Resident Evil� sequel? | Read more