Cory Jasin's Story

My name is Cory Jasin. I was born and raised in a town outside of Indianapolis called Carmel, Indiana. I moved down to Georgia when I was 12. It was quite a culture shock and I cried a lot at first (I was kind of soft in my youth), but I have come to appreciate the South and all it has to offer. I have two brothers. Patrick, 26, lives in New York and is a graphic designer at Bergdorf Goodman, and Blair, 24, who lives in Atlanta and is a working actor. My parents, Mark and Karen, live just north of Atlanta in Forsyth County and have coped with the departure of their three sons by replacing us, one by one, with our Cat, Gordon, and two dogs, Sampson and Bunnie.

I got my start in Journalism in High School when I served as Opinion Editor and later Editor-In-Chief of my high school’s newspaper. I am really attracted to Journalism because of my love of all things music and pop culture. I spend a lot of time studying Billboard charts and reading Rolling Stone and Spin. My love of pop culture stems from my mother’s subscription to People Magazine, which, I must admit, I read quite often. I like journalism that isn’t too serious. I hate politics, and current events become boring to me after the front page, so pop culture/music journalism is the field I am most interested in.

Without trying to sound like a total douche, I am, in fact, in a band called The Desarios and it has been a big part of my life ever since we started out in high school. We play around Atlanta and Athens a lot and just recently went out to L.A. to record a few songs. That is my plan A right now, but if it doesn’t work out, I would be very content being a music journalist. Cheers.