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John was born and raised just outside of Baltimore. He graduated in 2008 from Columbia University, where he served as editor in chief of the Columbia Daily Spectator. He then interned at Talking Points Memo and the Baltimore Examiner and was a contributing writer for Who Runs Gov. John joined Patch in February 2010, initially working as an editor in Southbury and Darien, Connecticut. He transferred to Maryland in November 2011, where he covered the towns of Riverdale Park and University Park. He was later named editor of College Park Patch and Laurel Patch.
University of Maryland students are among those using apps like Tinder and the charmingly named Bang With Friends.

Follow Patch's coverage of the Feb. 12 shooting in College Park.
The county executive heard from more than 20 local residents at Tuesday's budget forum.
A roundup of recent transfers in Greater Laurel.
Follow Patch's coverage of the Feb. 12 shooting in College Park.
The 22-year-old University of Maryland student is resting comfortably after undergoing surgery, police said.
Dayvon Maurice Green reportedly admitted himself to a mental health facility in 2009.
Reactions to Tuesday's murder-suicide that left two University of Maryland students dead and a third injured.
'It's really hard for me to even believe that this has happened,' said a professor who worked with the gunman.
Sources described a likable engineering student with a strong academic record—and a mental illness.
Both the shooter and his victims were University of Maryland students, authorities said.
A man started several fires at his home before shooting two roommates and taking his own life, police said.
'Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families in this time of grief.'
Graduate student Dayvon Maurice Green took his life after firing on his roommates, killing one.
A rundown of incidents from Feb. 3-9 provided by the Laurel Police Department.
The church needs a successor who can 'create a renewed sense of meaning and hope throughout the Catholic world,' says Gilad Chen.
A few of the latest employment opportunities in the area.
Pope Benedict XVI announced Monday that he would step down as head of the Catholic Church.
On this week's schedule: 'My Time With the Mayor' and a council drop-in meeting.
'Some names just degrade all of us,' says former Sen. Nighthorse Campbell.