Ever wonder how journalists dig up the truth and craft compelling stories? Here's your chance to find out.

Join The Highlands Current's Beacon Editor Jeff Simms for an inside look at how they research, write, and publish their stories. RSVP by Monday, September 14 to Lauren Cook: lcook@highlandscurrent.org.

Jeff Simms, Beacon Editor

Simms, who has covered Beacon for The Current since 2015, studied journalism at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC. From there he worked as a reporter for the tri-weekly Watauga Democrat in Boone and the daily Carroll County Times in Westminster, MD, before transitioning into nonprofit communications in Washington, D.C., and New York City.