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I report for The Tennessean in Nashville. I'm married to my high school sweetheart, Katie, a designer and bookmaker. I like juggling, maps, and the Chicago White Sox.

Reporting
:: Associated Press Managing Editors 2010 International Perspective First Place; Public Service Honorable Mention. Read more.

:: 2009 and 2010 winner, with staff, of the Virginia Press Association's highest award: the Award for Journalistic Integrity and Community Service.

:: Virginia Press Association 2008, 2009, and 2010 awards for crime, investigative, breaking news, and feature writing.

:: Media General 2009 best news story (Feb.), best feature (July). See all.

:: Michigan Collegiate Press Association awarded "Journalist of the Year" in 2008 as Editor in Chief of The Collegian.

Internships
Star Tribune, The Detroit News, Toledo Free Press.

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Thursday, December 01, 2011
The Story of Black Friday (in tweets)
By Tony Gonzalez
The Tennesssean

They stood, they waited — and before the clock struck midnight — they tweeted.

Sure, the Twitter one-liners included the obvious exclamations about the long lines and cold fingers endured waiting for door-busting Black Friday sales.

But it was often the offbeat and unconventional that put the furious typing thumbs of Nashville’s social media world into motion on the year’s bhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifiggest shopping day: topless male models at clothing stores, piles of coupons strewn about the sidewalks and spiffy maps handed to shoppers inside Target.

Few details were too small to share.

Waiting in line outside Walmart, Nashville Twitter user @kali4nyaaa looked down at the jar of sugary Nutella balanced between her knees and made the inevitable decision. She snapped a photo and put out her dispatch: “What I’m eating in line … hahaha!”

Read the full story and view a Storify presentation at Tennessean.com.

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