Vox magazine

Editor’s Letter: Growing up in a zoo

An editor's letter for a Vox magazine issue on Aug. 4, 2011 featuring Ozark pigs and the race to save them from extinction My mom overuses the expression "This house is a 200." But during my childhood, that phrase was ...
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Editor’s Letter: My TV obsession hits close to home

An editor's letter for a Vox magazine issue on Jul. 21, 2011 featuring a preview of the new show Truck Stop Missouri Anyone who knows me can confirm that I have an addiction to television. I consume ridiculous amounts of ...
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Editor’s Letter: Celebrating Fourth of July with fireworks

An editor's letter for a Vox magazine issue on Jun. 30, 2011 featuring an interview with a fireworks expert and a Fourth of July events calendar It's a miracle that I still have all my fingers and toes. Most of ...
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Editor’s Letter: Gardening and thunderstorm watching on my balcony

An editor's letter for a Vox magazine issue on Jun. 23, 2011 featuring a profile on prize-winning gardeners and a meteorologist It doesn't have a great view, but my balcony is useful. Last summer, my first garden consisted of three ...
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Editor’s Letter: A lifelong love of sugar

An editor's letter for a Vox magazine issue on Jun. 9, 2011 featuring a local ice cream guide I am a sugar addict. I think people who say they don't like sweet things have serious issues. I love brownies, cookies, ...
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Editor’s Letter: My summer to-do list

An editor's letter for a Vox magazine issue on Jun. 2, 2011 featuring a summer events preview Summertime brings humidity, flip flops, sunburns and the allure of more free time. Unless you're a student or teacher, summer probably doesn't provide ...
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Editor’s letter: Saving money on family road trips

An editor's letter for the Vox special budget travel issue on Mar. 17, 2011 I learned at a young age how to vacation on a budget. Until I was in middle school, I thought a vacation meant driving 18 long ...
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Show-Me Travel: The 2011 ‘Vox Magazine’ budget travel issue

During graduate school at the University of Missouri, I worked at Vox Magazine, a weekly city magazine that is part of the city's newspaper, The Missourian. I served as a back of book editor, but for the Budget Travel issue ...
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Piano man: A local professor on his love of classical music

Art writing in the Mar. 4, 2010 issue of Vox magazine Peter Miyamoto is an athlete. You'd never guess it, but when he sits down at the 88 black and white keys of the grand piano, he exudes energy and ...
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The founder of By Clever Design adds color to local businesses

Art & Design writing in the Feb. 18, 2010 issue of Vox magazine Jim Dodson liked art, but he hated drawing. When he discovered graphic design at technical school, he knew he had found the type of art for him. ...
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