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LESLIE ZACK
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Journal's
The media have been seeking
this young writer's opinions for four years.
S cots Warheit has been in the media's eye a
quarter of his life, and he's only 16.
The Farmington Hills teenager has
always been an avid sports fan and fre-
quent caller to WDFN sports radio's Great
American Sports Trivia Show. Warheit was heard by
the host and, at age 12, was flown to St. Louis with
his family to co-host a Show. Then the editor of
Detroit Sports Confidential, a local sports magazine,
acknowledged his interest. Warheit agreed to write
monthly sports articles for the magazine.
Warheit worked at Detroit Sports Confidential for
three years and remembers his first day and article
perfectly. "I introduced myself in the article, and
explained my interest in interviewing local and
national sports personalities. Although it was the
smallest publication I have written for, I was able
to interview the most people," he said.
His favorite interviewee was former Detroit
Tigers manager Sparky Anderson. "He was one of
the nicest people I've ever had a chance to inter-
view," said Warheit.
Since then, he has written for a number of pub-
lications, including the Jewish News'AppleTree sec-
tion. His favorite job, writing for Michigan Live, an
Internet paper, only lasted a year because of compa-
ny restructuring. Warheit has written for the
Oakland Press and Detroit News for four years.
He said he found that Ifiternet and print publi-
cations have positive and negative aspects. With .
newspapers, Warheit has the freedom to choose his
article subjects. But he loved Michigan Live because
the timely articles he wrote were posted on the
Web immediately. His articles appear in the
Oakland Press and Detroit News twice a month, so
it's more difficult for him to find- hot topics in the
sports world that will remain relevant for weeks.
Warheit is pleased to see people responding to
his articles: "I love that people write good and bad
things in response to my articles; I just want them
to think about what I'm writing."
Warheit's role model is Cantor Stephen Dubov
of Temple Beth El in Bloomfield Township, who
inspired him while singing the national anthem at
a Detioit Lions game.
A senior next fall at North Farmington High
School, Warheit will be working on the yearbook
staff and applying to colleges, including the
University of Michigan, Michigan State and
Northwestern.
He loves writing, but is unsure what he wants to
do careerwise. "I could see doing this for the rest of
my life," he says, but wants to explore other fields,
such as law and broadcasting. ❑
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