Personal Background

Here’s a bit more on my personal background:

• I grew up on Peaks Island, an island about 2.5 miles off the coast of Portland, Maine. I lived here from age 8 until high school. (Here’s a map of the area).
• I went to high school at Gould Academy in Bethel, Maine.
• After four years in the tundra that is Bethel, I decided to go somewhere warm for college. I found Emory University in Atlanta, where I earned a BA in political science (with a minor in Russian Studies). I was active in the co-ed service fraternity Alpha Phi Omega (Facebook page) and I worked on The Emory Wheel, the school’s student-run, volunteer newspaper.
• I lived in Atlanta for about 10 years.
• In 2004, I returned to New England. I lived for a couple years in W. Hartford, CT (while producing TV news at the NBC owned-and-operated station, WVIT).
• In 2007, I moved to Boston, where I now live (in Jamaica Plain).

And one more thing, under the whowouldathunk category: There IS another Josh Fialkoff. He lives in New York and seems like a nice guy. Unlike me, he plays the piano and has musical ability.