JOEY
GRIHALVA
JOURNALISM, ETC.
As a high school student in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
I dreamed about writing for XXL, The Source or another major hip-hop magazine, but a series of romantic relationships and adventures abroad kept my professional life in flux.
In 2011 I completed a graduate program in journalism at Montreal's Concordia University. While in school I toyed with the idea of moving back to my hometown and writing for a local arts and entertainment publication.
After a few years in between Montreal and the Midwest I moved home and now freelance for UrbanMilwaukee.com and AMFM-Mag.com.
One of my professors in grad school suggested that the first big piece I write be about something I love. At the time that was comedy, specifically comedy podcasts, so I wrote one of the definitive articles on the rise of the comedy podcast. I tried to get it published in a physical magazine, going so far as to impersonate a bagel delivery guy to gain entry into an NYC office, but the piece was eventually published on Splitsider.com.
During my time in Montreal I wrote about comedy, hip-hop, politics, and sports for various publications in Canada and the United States. That writing from 2010-2013 can be found on this other website.
I currently write a happy hour column, review/preview national headliners and cover the Milwaukee music scene.
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