Editorial Team:
Editor-in-Chief: Kevin Modeszto- Modeszto is a junior majoring in Communications-Journalism. His creative writing and journalism teachers in high school helped him find his love for writing and Kean’s Professor Kolbenschlag inspired him to officially major in it. Modeszto plans to continue writing out of college with dreams of working as a NASCAR reporter.
Managing Editor: Susan Berube-Leiva- Berube-Leiva is a senior double-majoring in English and Communications-Journalism. She has always been passionate about writing, serving as a beacon of hope for others, and helping marginalized populations through her work. Her future plans are to attend graduate school at Kean and continue interning with non-profit organizations. From there, she wants to obtain her PhD and go on to either work in government, a non-profit, or in a higher-education position.
Features Editor: Anne Nelson- Nelson is a junior majoring in English Writing with a focus on Composition. Nelson discovered her love for communications through Kean’s Professor Farrell and passion for journalism thanks to an Intro to Journalism class taught by Kean’s Professor Carino. Nelson hopes to use her journalistic skills to enhance her creative writing and to increase her well-roundeness as a writer.
News Editor: Hajar Lababidi- Lababidi is a junior double-majoring in Communications-Journalism and Political Science. Her interest in journalism sparked during an elementary school career day when a visiting reporter had the students write their own ideas. To Lababidi, journalism represents a way to closely engage with government systems while remaining independent from them. Her future plans are to pursue international policy reporting that examines how governments operate behind closed doors.
Sports Editor: Denny Quinteros- Quinteros is a junior majoring in Communications-Journalism. Growing up, Quinteros enjoyed watching soccer and reading sports articles, which started his love for journalism. Quinteros dreams of continuing his photography work with the Red Bulls or land somewhere else in Major League Soccer.
Chief Photographer: Enrique Medel- Medel is a junior majoring in Communications-Journalism. Medel aims to use his writing and photography passions to show others the vibrant experience within communities. He yearns to share detailed information from ongoing events that gives readers clear understanding of events as a photojournalist. In the future, he wishes to take all his experience into any newsroom while also managing his photography business.
Fulltime Reporters:
Rashan Addison- Addison is a graduate student majoring in Communications. His love for sports and writing sparked his interest in journalism. He dreams of becoming a writer for ESPN or any other professional sports organization.
Isabella Cobo- Cobo is a senior majoring in Communications-Journalism. She loves all types of writing, from free writing to keeping people informed of current events, but her favorite is featuring various locations. Cobo would love to work for a premier outlet such as the New York Times in the future.
Sophia Edwards- Edwards is a junior majoring in Communications-Journalism. Edwards is a lifelong writer who loves writing about current events. After college, Edwards hopes to write for a news outlet or continue her magazine writing.
Michael Kurtz- Kurtz is a senior majoring in Communications-Journalism. Kurtz enjoys sports broadcasting, which introduced him to the world of journalism. Following college, he hopes to continue sports broadcasting.
Michael Matthews- Matthews is a junior majoring in Communications-Journalism. Since he was young, he has always been interested in politics and current events, which sparked his interest in pursuing journalism. Matthews hopes to continue his political reporting during this semester and entering the workplace.
Michael Mayhew- Mayhew is a senior majoring in Communications-Journalism. Mayhew’s interest in journalism sparked within writing consistently and doing intensive research. After college, Mayhew hopes to continue his writing at a newspaper.
Joshua Rodriguez- Rodriguez is a junior majoring in Communications-Journalism. Rodriguez’s passion for journalism started watching sports shows. From there, he dove into the journalism world and found a passion for baseball. Rodriguez looks forward to continuing his sports journalism at and after Kean.
Melanie Seepersad- Seepersad is a senior majoring in Communications-Journalism. Since she was young, she always watched the news with her father and it built a fascination about current events all around the world. Seepersad also enjoys writing in her free time, as writing has always been a form of therapy for her. Additionally, she excels in layout design and enjoys social media work. Seepersad looks forward to becoming a publishing author or a news reporter in the future.
Volunteer Reporters:
Charlie Collins- Collins is a junior majoring in Communications. Collins uses journalism as a way to inform the public about her passions for and knowledge of languages and cultures around the world.
Megan Costello- Costello is a sophomore majoring in Music Education. They are a lifelong lover of the performing arts. Costello is stepping off the stage and into the newsroom for the first time to showcase the happenings of Kean’s Wilkins Theatre. Following Kean, they hope to work either as a music teacher or somewhere else in the creative field.
Cassandra Kossowsky- Kossowsky is a senior majoring in English. She has always loved to write, with a particular passion for creative writing. Kossowsky hopes to use journalism as a vehicle to make information more accessible to ordinary people.
Meadow Orange- Orange is a senior majoring in Communications-Public Relations. She views journalism as a vessel to truly express her creativity as well as sharing her ideas and turning them into her own. In the future, she dreams of building a community of fitness with building her own brand and helping their people express their passion for fitness.
Marquis Pullins Jr.- Pullins Jr. is a junior majoring in Journalism. Pullins Jr. has been two things his whole life: A writer and a people person. Journalism gives him the opportunity to use both in his career. Pullins Jr. loves sports writing, and looks to be a journalist for the NFL analyzing and spotlighting player’s mental health.
Briana Polanco- Polanco is a sophomore majoring in Psychology and Psychiatric Rehabilitation and minoring in Spanish. Journalism has been a hobby for Polanco since elementary school, and views it as her way to continue being creative and a part of a bigger team as she goes through college. After college, Polanco wants to become a pediatric psychiatrist.
Benjamin Rodriguez- Rodriguez is a sophomore majoring in Communications-Journalism, but you’d hardly know he was only a sophomore with the large NFL-brand he has built on Instagram. Continuing to build his sports-writing skills and personal brand are important to Rodriguez.