Jess Silver

Poet/Writer

Jess Silver is 21 years of age and lives in Thornhill, Ontario. She currently attends York University, Glendon Campus, and is going to obtain her degree in English in June 2011. Writing has always been Jess’ passion as she has been doing it since she was very young, specifically writing poetry. Last year her first book, Lake of Bottomless Waters was published by Beret Days Press through The Ontario Poetry Society. The book is an expression of her vivaciousness and love of words. Jess is an outgoing individual who is always seeking new opportunities whether to enrich her writing portfolio or life experience. She loves to travel and build rapports with people as her hope is to become a writer and use her aptitude as means for not only success but to help others to understand and appreciate the power and value of the written word.

Journalism has always been a part of Jess’ life as she continually would seek opportunities to be ‘in the loop’, reading the newspaper and magazines and listening to media broadcasts. The time at which its importance was truly evoked was when she took a course in high school that taught the different types of journalism and gave students the opportunity to experiment with the different styles of writing and types of articles. Through her own personal interest and love for experimentation with different genres and styles of writing; Jess began to seek opportunities to branch out and build on her skills. She has been working as part of the FutuRéale family for over 2 years and is proud to say that it has helped her appreciate journalistic activity for both its thrills and the challenges that come with working in a competitive industry like this one. Because of FutuRéale’s fantastic staff and the versatility of the magazine, Jess has been able to work with a variety of people and delve into the unique types of articles that have helped to broaden her scope of ideas and more importantly, her understanding of various angles that are taken by the writer to help convey a story’s message.

As far as goals with FutuRéale go, Jess has many as she continues to work and write passionately as a part of the team. She hopes to build on her portfolio; gaining more exposure with the different departments and writers. She also is working towards challenging herself with the different styles of journalistic writing and is always looking to approach more controversial and unique stories in order to assert her voice as a member and observer of society and its social conditions. Writing for Jess is a means of expression as well as a passion that she is looking to pursue as her career and so being a part of the FutuRéale team, she is looking forward to having a great time and to hopefully acquiring more skills that will help her flourish both as an individual and more importantly as a writer and journalist.