The Furry Times
The Furry Times is a amateur newsletter, which brings news, facts, history, and interactive polls to the furry fandom. It was created by Shawn Strüngmon who is also the designer, writer, and journalist.
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About The Founder[edit]
The founder, Shawn Strüngmon, has experience in writing romance novels, and action novels; however, only as a hobby and not having any indication of publication for commercial use. Currently the age of 15, he continues to write at a college level. With no journalist experience, he wanted to try and write a newsletter for his entertainment, to entertain, and inform others.
History of The Furry Times[edit]
The Founder of The Furry Times, Shawn Strüngmon has no experience in journalism, and founded the Furry Times at just the age of 13; however, uses The Furry Times as practice and a hobby; However, The Furry Times gradually improved with time due to experience gain in writing. The Furry Times started mid spring, in 2014, the first article containing information of a community profile, reaching 2 thousand subscribers. In March, The Furry Times was posted in two locations, a free community app, Ifunny, and a website called Furaffinity. During 2015, Shawn attempted to recruit staff, to help produce more quality articles, however it was proven a flop, as it soon became more disorganized. The group was disbanded shortly after
Inspiration of The Furry Times[edit]
"I recently heard this awesome news about my favorite profile hitting two thousand subscribers, i just had to tell everyone!" Shawn said, he wrote on his ipod notes, "The Furry Times ;3" as a top priority. It became a smashing hit, with almost 100 average likes/thumbs up on the first article.