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Jonathan Burdick

Erie
Covers:  History, culture, and anything else that I find interesting.

Jonathan Burdick’s Journalist Portfolio

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Canada Lee's Knockout Path from Erie to Broadway

Canada Lee's Knockout Path from Erie to Broadway

Erie Reader — From welterweight warrior to theater legend

80 Years Since World War II: From Hitler's Rise to Hiroshima's End

80 Years Since World War II: From Hitler's Rise to Hiroshima's End

Erie Reader — Psychology behind the atrocities continues to fascinate

Piracy on the Baseball Seas

Piracy on the Baseball Seas

Erie Reader — How an Erie ballplayer became the inspiration for the Pittsburgh Pirates team name

Henry Alden Clark: Erie's Intellectual of the Highest Order

Henry Alden Clark: Erie's Intellectual of the Highest Order

Erie Reader — A local life lived in service from the Civil War to the Second World War

The Power of Nature: 40 Year Anniversary of Albion Storms

The Power of Nature: 40 Year Anniversary of Albion Storms

Erie Reader — The deadliest tornado outbreak in Pennsylvania history

Make a Run for the Border: Erie's Evolving Taco Scene

Make a Run for the Border: Erie's Evolving Taco Scene

Erie Reader — There's a taco for everyone in the Gem City

How to Get to Sesame Street: The History and Future of Public Television

How to Get to Sesame Street: The History and Future of Public Television

Erie Reader — Despite touching lives beyond count, value of children's programming still needs spelled out

Doomed to Repeat It: Extremism Throughout America's History

Doomed to Repeat It: Extremism Throughout America's History

Erie Reader — Ugly undercurrents of our past amplified in digital echo chambers of our present

Less and More Than Demure: The Independently Glamorous Life of Kay Laurell

Less and More Than Demure: The Independently Glamorous Life of Kay Laurell

Erie Reader — The short life story of Erie's own old-Hollywood and Broadway starlet

From Mischief to the Macabre

From Mischief to the Macabre

Erie Reader — Trick-or-treating with an evolving holiday in Erie

Justin Dombrowski Takes On Erie's True Crime History One Book at a Time

Justin Dombrowski Takes On Erie's True Crime History One Book at a Time

Erie Reader — Ghouls, grave robbers, and extortion in newest release

Kayla McBride: Hungry, Humble, and Thankful... But Never Satisfied

Kayla McBride: Hungry, Humble, and Thankful... But Never Satisfied

Erie Reader — WNBA All-Star and Erie basketball great keeps working

The Tangled Web We've Woven

The Tangled Web We've Woven

Erie Reader — Grappling with smartphones, childhood, and their bitter convergence

Momentously May

Momentously May

Erie Reader — Glimpses into Erie's springtime past

Erie's Typhoid Epidemic Expedited Need for Clean Waterways

Erie's Typhoid Epidemic Expedited Need for Clean Waterways

Erie Reader — Unsanitary conditions prevailed during city's population boom

Pittsburgh was briefly a basketball town. Could it happen again?

Pittsburgh was briefly a basketball town. Could it happen again?

Pittsburgh City Paper — The Steel City once hosted Hall of Famer Connie Hawkins, but attendance woes, a brief move to Minnesota, and inconsistent branding ultimately doomed the team he played for.

Pepperoni Balls: The Lifebread of Erie

Pepperoni Balls: The Lifebread of Erie

Erie Reader — A history of the "tasty, very tasty, extra tasty" local phenomenon

A Study in Seamlessness

A Study in Seamlessness

Erie Reader — One-time Erieite Stephen Galloway recounts a career of creative movement

The Town's Attic: The Importance of Our Small Town Historical Museums and Societies

The Town's Attic: The Importance of Our Small Town Historical Museums and Societies

Erie Reader — Why the little things of our past can resonate so largely

A Day in the Life of an Erieite, 1923

A Day in the Life of an Erieite, 1923

Erie Reader — What the world looked like 100 years ago

Supporting Immigrant and Refugee-Owned Businesses

Supporting Immigrant and Refugee-Owned Businesses

Erie Reader — Offerings to Erie economy as diverse as the people themselves

The Benninghoff Heist: The Wild West of Pennsylvania

The Benninghoff Heist: The Wild West of Pennsylvania

Erie Reader — Boomtowns beget treachery, intrigue

Erie Native Wins America's Best Newspaper Panel Comic

Erie Native Wins America's Best Newspaper Panel Comic

Erie Reader — Dave Blazek's Loose Parts comic receives third national award

Artis Simmons and the Endless Road

Artis Simmons and the Endless Road

Erie Reader — Erie's "Gem City Ace" dominated the martial arts circuit with an impeccable sense of cool
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