Jerry Garretson

20 year-old media major Jerry Garretson hails from small Arkansas town of 200 or so, called Centerville. Nestled deep in the heart of what Garretson often refers to as “KKK country,” his hometown is also home to the Yell County Post-Dispatch. Garretson had written off-and-on for this county-wide newspaper since age 16 when he awoke one morning with a hankering for a couple Advils and a new challenge. Armed with that impulsive gumption, he simply walked in and asked to contribute. And so it was that Jerry Garretson became a semi-pro journalist. It is this same extemporaneous attitude that governs his life today. Undecided about his future, he is content to take life as it comes, at least until he figures out what he wants to do when he grows up.