contributors
JEREMY GANTZ is the associate editor/web editor of In These Times, a national magazine published in Chicago. He specializes in labor and workers’ rights issues, but finds respite from politics by writing for Shore, which has consistently indulged his wanderlust (and photojournalistic ambitions). His first story for the magazine, published in 2007, was about a trip to New Zealand’s Fiordlands. He’s since written about a bewildering variety of subjects ranging from castles to Cambodia to absinthe to Michael Jackson to scuba diving in Lake Michigan. “Writing about our honeymoon in Turkey was the perfect way to process the two-week trip,” Jeremy says. “I’ve written a handful of travel articles, but this one felt like closure to a trip I really didn’t want to end—it’s like a souvenir.” JOSHUA NOWICKI is the director of community relations at the Krasl Art Center in St. Joseph, Michigan, and shot the photo that appears as this issue’s cover image. Joshua’s interest in photography began while working for a museum in the Metro Detroit area, photographing artifacts, exhibits and events. After moving to St. Joseph in 2011, he started taking photographs of southwestern Michigan to encourage his friends and relatives to visit and enjoy the beauty and serenity of the area. Joshua’s inspirations range from Lake Michigan and wildlife to sculpture and architecture. “It is a process of discovery . . . I love to share and promote the places and things that inspire me.”
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LOUISA MURZYN is a freelance journalist based in Munster. After working in the steel mills for more than a decade, she left her job to fulfill a dream of earning a journalism degree from Northwestern University. She enjoyed writing about the Whiting Lakefront Plan because of her family ties to the city and her love of Lake Michigan. Her father grew up there and both he and her husband retired from BP. Her dad played baseball on the original field that was replaced with a new design that brings honor to the memories of all the fathers and grandfathers who ever stepped up to home plate. “Our lakefront is a blessing and a public treasure. I can’t wait to revisit the revitalized shoreline and be inspired by its new breathtaking blue edge.”
Whether you rock out to Jimmy Buffett or dance along with Katy Perry and the “warm, wet and wild” girls of summer, it’s beach time again.
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MATT ERICKSON is a freelance writer and photographer based in Northwest Indiana. Before venturing out on his own, he was the director of presentation and visuals for the Times. He is the associate editor and a writer for Heavy.com’s mixed martial arts site, and also writes for the Times, Chicago Tribune, UFC magazine and other newspapers around the country. Matt has traveled to Las Vegas more than twenty times since his first trip there less than ten years ago. “The best part about going to Las Vegas for me is treating it like I’m a local,” Matt says. “There’s so much more to the city than what you find on the Strip.” Matt lives in Schererville with his wife Kerry and two dogs and visits Las Vegas several times a year—“for work.”