Experience:
In addition to having served as an editor with Pit magazine, Jay H. Gorania has also written for Metal Maniacs, Unrestrained, Hails and Horns, Outburn and Explicitly Intense. Online, Gorania has worked with Metal Update, Metal Judgment and The Gauntlet. He has also contributed to the Metal Minute, the blog of fellow About.com writer Ray Van Horn, Jr. He will soon begin posting reviews on his own MySpace page.
As a news journalist, Gorania was the editor for his university’s newspaper before becoming a crime reporter for a city newspaper.
Education:
Jay H. Gorania has an undergraduate degree with a double major in Political Science and English, as well as a masters degree in Public Administration with an emphasis on leadership.
From Jay H. Gorania:
In the first grade, my older brother introduced me to the wonderful world of heavy metal via the likes of Ozzy, Iron Maiden and Motley Crue. I’ve been obsessed with it ever since. Though I greatly value individualism, I’m honored to be a part of the countercultural movement known as heavy metal. Being a journalist is the best way I know how to give back to what has given me so much.
Metal is a brotherhood/sisterhood that lifts my spirit on a daily basis. Aside from that pretentious babbling, it just kicks ass musically, lyrically and conceptually. Whether I’m having a good day or feel down in the dumps, metal is always there for me.
