Michael Hixon has held several positions at The Beach Reporter newspaper including entertainment, business and sports editor, for nearly 20 years. He has freelanced for various magazines, newspapers and websites around the country, writing features about the entertainment industry. He is a contributor to the internet radio station healthylife.net, where he talks about South Bay entertainment. He has a bachelor’s degree in newspaper journalism, with a minor in creative writing, from California State University, Long Beach.