1994 MCC graduate Steven Rinella, a well-known author, travel writer
and outdoor television host, credits MCC instructors for teaching him
to explore his writing passion.
Steven grew up in Twin Lake, Michigan, graduated from Reeths-Puffer
schools, and went on to Muskegon Community College, where through the
advice of his English 101 instructor, began to write about his passion
and what he knew well - which was hunting, fishing, and the great
outdoors.
After college, Steven moved west to Montana to focus on his chosen
career as an outdoor and adventure-travel writer. He has written
numerous stories for many of the nation's top publications, including
the New York Times, Outside, Men's Journal, O the Oprah Magazine,
Glamour, the New Yorker, Field and Stream, Petersen's Hunting, and
American Hunter. What's next on his agenda? A new TV show, starting January 2012 on the
Sportman's Channel, called
MeatEater (2012).