Charles Apple

Here’s wishing the happiest of VizEds birthdays to Joey Kirk, a sports designer with The Arizona Republic. Joey turns 24 today.

Hey, Joey! All the nice scenery is the other
way! Photo from Joey’s Facebook gallery.
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Captain Kirk has been with The Arizona Republic nearly a year and a half. A graduate of Texas Tech University — he earned a masters degree in interdisciplinary studies last year — Joey was a finalist in the first-ever “The Intern” contest at SND/Orlando in 2006. He also served a summer fellowship at the Poynter Institute last summer.During his college years, Joey worked for a couple of years as a reporter for The Wylie News. His last year, he was editor-in-chief of the Texas Tech student paper, The Daily Toreador.

A few samples of his work:

See more in his NewsPageDesigner gallery.

Joey also writes a little poetry. Seriously. For example, I love this one:

She waits.
She anticipates.
It’s been more than eight hours.
The sound of keys jiggling the lock open fills her with excitement.
From the bedroom to the front door, she runs.
It’s her time now.
The door opens.
She stands, waiting.
She stares at him.
“Hey, how was your day?” he asks.
No reply.
“I bet it was good. What’d you do?” he asks again.
No reply.
The silence is sweet.
No words are necessary.
The tail waggle says it all.

Find a few more samples here. Find Joey’s personal web page here.

Joey shares a birthday with Katie VanDalsem Kunert of The Des Moines Register, musicians Melissa Etheridge, Danny Elfman and Noel Gallagher (of Oasis), actor Annette Bening, comedian Bob Hope and politicians Patrick Henry and John F. Kennedy.

Plus, today is End of the Middle Ages Day. Whatever that means.

Best wishes, Joey, for a happy birthday!

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