Phil Busse grew up in Madison and has done his tour of duty for alt weeklies. He’s been an environmental reporter for San Francisco Weekly, a crime beat reporter for Eugene Weekly and founder/managing editor for Portland Mercury in Oregon. Here in Wisconsin, Busse has written for Isthmus and Madison Magazine. In 2010 he returned from the West Coast to live for two years in Madison, only to return to teach at Portland State in Oregon in the fall of 2012. He continues to cheer for the Badgers and Packers.
