Michael Ganci: Reporter to PR Person and a Little Bit of Both

Yeah, definitely loved my time as

a reporter.

I'm still bitter about the fact that I launched the 99th patch site.

It wasn't 100.

It was 99.

Forest Hills was 100.

They made a big deal about that.

But East Meadow was 99.

But I'm super proud of what we did.

Yeah, yeah.

Well, and the community really rallied around you too.

Being able to affect that kind of feeling in people, I feel like whether you're a reporter or a PR person, that's an amazing thing to accomplish.

Yeah, I think with what we did, getting those sites off the ground and in the area, I mean, I covered a wide variety of areas from East Meadow to Belmore to Merrick and then Wampum Seaford when I was at the Herald.

I mean, you kind of embed yourself in the community.

You connect through all those like Facebook mom pages and stuff, because that's where you would find like tips and stuff to get you going.

And I felt like I'd see those people at the grocery stores.

I'd make sure I went to like community events in those areas.

You become part of the fabric there.

And especially since I grew up in Belmore, it was important to me to make a difference in the local area.

So that was fun to be a part of, especially, I don't know if you know this, since the When I was originally interviewed for Patch, they told me I was just a sports reporter.

So I didn't take no for an answer.

And I started, like, pulling over if I saw a car accident or a fire or something and doing, like, photos and a write-up and sending it to them for free and just being like...

This is what I did.

You could use it.

And then that led to me getting another sit down and I eventually got hired.