Editors You May Know 2018
April 26, 2018
Elizabeth Worthington ’18
Editor-in-chief
Major: English and Psychology
Hometown: Lower Gwynedd, PA
Favorite newsroom moment: Watching the basketball team make it to March Madness from the newsroom on production night.
Future role with the paper: I will be a consumer of the paper next year 🙁
Summer Plans: Starting my job as a Reporter at WETM 18 News in Elmira, NY
Lynn Korsun ’18
Print Presentation Director
Major: Psychology and German
Hometown: New Canaan, CT
Favorite newsroom moment: Too many to count. But one of my tops is when Julie, Ruby, Janey and I made a choreographed Triller music video and wanted to use it as a recruitment video.
Future role with the paper: 🙁
Summer Plans: Travel! Before moving to Boston to work as a research technician at the National Center for PTSD for the US Department of Veterans Affairs.
Ruby Gould ’19
Print Managing Editor
Major: Philosophy and Spanish
Hometown: Harding, NJ
Favorite newsroom moment: Whenever Jared Shapiro opens his mouth.
Future role with the paper: The biggest dog. (Editor-in-Chief)
Summer Plans: Working with the International Rescue Committee, aiding primarily Syrian, African, and Latin American refugees that have arrived on U.S. soil under political asylum.
Jared Shapiro ’20
Web Managing Editor, Graphics Manager, etc.
Major: Markets, Innovation, & Design
Hometown: Bethesda, MD
Favorite newsroom moment: Telling Janey no when she asks me to make a graphic for her
Future role with the paper: Web Managing Editor & Graphics Manager
Summer Plans: Working as a marketing intern for Gannett, a company that owns USA TODAY and other U.S. media outlets
Kathryn Nicolai ’20
News Editor
Major: English- Literary Studies
Hometown: Pleasantville, NY
Favorite newsroom moment: Watching the quote board accumulate throughout the semester
Future role with the paper: Co-News Editor
Summer Plans: tbd
Haley Mullen ’19
Assistant News Editor
Major: English and Art History
Hometown: Arlington, VA
Favorite newsroom moment: All of us absolutely crushing spaghetti and fries
Future role with the paper: Co-news Editor
Summer Plans: Intern writer with COED Media Group LLC in New York City. Will be focusing on entertainment coverage for COED’s CollegeCandy.com.
Sam Rosenblatt ’20
Opinions Editor
Major: Political Science and Spanish
Hometown: Newton, MA
Favorite newsroom moment: Too difficult to choose. I leave the newsroom each week with a new one.
Future role with the paper: Print Managing Editor
Summer Plans: Working on a Massachusetts gubernatorial campaign and then working as a counselor at a sleepaway camp in Maine.
Jon Meier ’20
Satire Editor
Major: Political Science and Creative Writing
Hometown:Old Tappan, NJ
Favorite newsroom moment: Realizing I needed to find myself
Future role with the paper: I’m taking a sabbatical to find myself
Summer Plans: To find myself
Julie Spierer ’19
Special Features Editor & Assistant Social Media Manager
Major: Psychology and Film/Media Studies
Hometown: Wyckoff, NJ
Favorite newsroom moment: All the endless giggles
Future role with the paper: Special features editor
Summer Plans: Toasting in the sun, interning with Fox in NYC, tender times with friends & family, and laying in the horizontal state for at least 45 hours upon arrival back to my home.
Fallon Goldberg ’20
Special Features Layout Editor
Major: Biology and Economics
Hometown: Scotch Plains, NJ
Favorite newsroom moment: Every week when someone says “food’s here”
Future role with the paper: Special Features Layout Editor
Summer Plans: An internship with J&J in their safety unit
Janey Woo ’20
Special Features Layout Editor
Major: Education
Hometown: Mahwah, NJ
Favorite newsroom moment: When Jared asks me to send him my graphics and when Jared chooses to sit next to me and conversing with Jared !
Future role with the paper: New Lynn
Summer Plans: Kicking it back in the mods and flopping around in our kiddie pool, occasionally doing some research
Lindsay Erickson ’18
Social Media Manager
Major: Political Science
Hometown: Riverside, CT
Favorite newsroom moment: Anything Julie Sperier says
Future role with the paper: BYE!
Summer Plans: Staying in Lewisburg before my landlord kicks me out, traveling, and starting work in mid-July!
Erin Ditmar ’18
Photography Co-Editor
Major: Chemical Engineering
Hometown: Manahawkin, NJ
Favorite newsroom moment: Whenever all photos were uploaded on time!
Future role with the paper: My 6 semesters as photography editor has come to an end!
Summer Plans: TBD before starting ~real life~ working in August
Justin Koss ’19
Photography Co-Editor
Major: Bio/pre med
Hometown: Sparta, NJ
Favorite newsroom moment: Liz attempting to explain how her concussions happened
Future role with the paper: Taking pictures of more things
Summer Plans: Staying in the Burg and trying not to be stung by the many bees I will be studying
Elise Covert ’20
Sports Co-Editor
Major: Applied Math
Hometown: Kennett Square, PA
Favorite newsroom moment: Britt’s cheesy puns and any time the two of us attempt to explain sports to Ruby.
Future role with the paper: Having FOMO from Spain
Summer Plans: Doing top secret government work. (But actually, developing surveys and analyzing data for the Department of Education.)
Brittany Willwerth ’20
Sports Co-Editor
Major: Psychology
Hometown: Lancaster, PA
Favorite newsroom moment: Way too many to pick from, but I can guarantee they all consist of plenty of smiles and laughs
Future role with the paper: Sports for life.
Summer Plans: I’ll be studying abroad in Denmark for the majority of June, and then coming back to good ole Lewisburg to shadow/work at Geisinger
Olivia Braito ’19
Sports Layout Editor
Major: Economics and Studio Art
Hometown: East Williston, NY
Favorite newsroom moment: Liz sending Patrick a Valentine’s Day pizza 🙂
Future role with the paper: Sports Layout Editor
Summer Plans: TBD !!
Maddie Boone ’18
Opinions Editor Emeritus
Major: International Relations
Hometown: Warren, NJ
Favorite newsroom moment: Listening to Jon Meier pitch ideas for satire. It’s truly a great section.
Future role with the paper: Sadly I am graduating so no future role, but who knows maybe I’ll submit something as an Alum. After all, I know the new editorial staff.
Summer Plans: Traveling around Europe, enjoying time at the Jersey Shore, and eventually moving to Boston!