Jay Lederman is the public relations intern at Housatonic Community College and also serves as the assistant editor to Monroe Patch.com His wide range of experience includes public relations, hyperlocal journalism, reporting, blogging, feature writing, news writing and press release writing. As a journalism student, he understands the growing demand for media convergence. Lederman has been a senior staff writer for the college newspaper, is the co-founder of the Housatonic Information Network a student operated news syndicate, and has been published in Hersam Acorn Newspapers.