Forrest W. Kobayashi is a social media blogger and enthusiast. His main interests include exploring the social web and analyzing current media news and trends.

He is also a current freelance sports journalist for The Washington Post, Washington D.C.’s largest and oldest newspaper. Forrest primarily covers national swimming as well as local swimming events when he is in the Washington, D.C. area.

His experience in sports journalism also includes internships with the USA TODAY and Bleacher Report. While contributing articles for Bleacher Report, several of Forrest’s contributions were syndicated and featured on Fox Sports and CBS Sports.

Education

Forrest is a current undergraduate fourth-year student at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. He is pursuing a double major in Journalism and Sociology.

After his first year at The Ohio State University, Forrest transferred to Wake Forest University. During the summer before his third year, Forrest enrolled in summer classes at George Mason University, where he took journalism and sociology classes for the first time in his collegiate experience. After one year at Wake Forest, Forrest returned to The Ohio State University for his third year.

Social Media Experience

Forrest is passionate about social media. Forrest co-founded the 140 Wave with Shauna Causey, a weekly discussion and analysis of current social media topics held every Wednesday evening over Google Wave. He has spoken on a panel about the impact of the social web on journalism at George Mason University. Last year, Forrest attended the 140 Characters Conference, held in Los Angeles, CA.

You can connect with Forrest around the social web through the links to the right of this post.

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