![]() ![]() When he was a junior in high school, Jeff was selected as an intern for the Chicago Sun Times to cover the White House beat and was the first high school student the Sun Times ever hired for that role. Jeff later rallied the state-wide press to get the paper reopened and testified before the New Hampshire House Judiciary committee in Concord about student press rights. After running a controversial editorial regarding the transparency of student elections, his high school newspaper was shut down. Later, he was one of 20 students selected nationwide for the newspaper's first teen panel. Jeff was selected as a national columnist for Youth News Service and was chosen by USA Today to serve on their Advisory Board of Young Adults, where he wrote regular commentary and op-ed pieces. His efforts revitalized a stagnant circulation and increased readership to make it the highest-circulated school newspaper in the country at that time. Jeff then secured high profile interviews with all nine candidates for the 1992 Presidential election, including the eventual winner Bill Clinton. As editor-in chief of his high school newspaper, he led the Manchester Central newspaper staff in transforming the student publication into a broadsheet format based on The Boston Globe, also adding color photography, a revamped design and updated typography. Those who met him, would never forget him.īorn and raised in Manchester, NH, Jeff showed his journalistic talent at an early age. He will be remembered by family and friends for his dynamic personality, courageous spirit, and deep loyalty to his loved ones. Brodsky, an accomplished journalist and oral historian, passed away Jat age 49 at home in Manchester, New Hampshire after battling an aggressive form of Parkinson's disease for the past decade. Brodsky, Journalist And Historian, Dies at 49 ![]()
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