Our Rockbridge Reporters
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Jason Bacaj is from Morgantown, W. Va. and is double majoring in biology and journalism. He plays on the Washington and Lee football team and is an avid skier.
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Sophomore Alicia Budich hails from Kettering, Ohio. Budich is an American politics and journalism double major. After college she hopes to pursue broadcast journalism and one day become a network political correspondent. This summer, she will work for CBS News in Washington, DC.
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Adam Cancryn is the social services reporter for The Rockbridge Report. He is from Plainfield, N.J., and is a junior journalism major. Adam also writes for The Trident and covers sports for The Ring-Tum Phi.
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Senior Monica Chinn comes to Washington and Lee from Princeton, N. J. She is a journalism and art history major hoping to pursue a career in news production upon graduation in June.
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Erin Galliher is a junior English and journalism double major from Latham, N.Y. She loves playing racquetball and downhill skiing -- when there's enough snow.
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Stephanie Hardiman is a junior pursuing a journalism major with an
environmental studies minor. She hails from the Chicago area and looks
forward to returning home for good after graduation. This summer she will
be in Tennessee writing for the Nashville Business Journal.
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Brett Holton is from Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., and is a double major in broadcast journalism and Russian area studies. He loves skiing, sunny days, reading, playing piano and guitar, climbing things, and sitting on porches talking with anyone and everyone. After college he hopes to become a foreign correspondent so he can get his fill of adventure and see the world while he's still young.
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An English and journalism major from Rockville, Md., Michael Morella can never seem to get enough writing. His hobbies include all things musical, whether it be absorbing new music for campus radio station WLUR-FM or performing with his folk-rock band, Rikki Tikki Tavi. He's out to prove that English essays and journalistic stories really aren't that far removed from one another.
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Ned Oliver is a graduate of Bard College at Simon's Rock, N.Y., where his concentration was politics, law, and society. He is auditing the reporting course at Washington and Lee University. His hobbies include cycling, caving, and frequent fits of reclining.
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Alexandra Scaggs is from West Chester, Pa., and is a business journalism major. She was a member of W&L's varsity volleyball team for four years, and still actively helps out her high school volleyball team whenever she can. Alex is also editor-in-chief of The Trident and likes reading and running.
Farrell comes to W&L all the way from sunny southern California. She is majoring in journalism and sociology. Farrell's interests include music, film, travel, yoga and journalism.
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Marisa Van Brunt is a journalism and European history major from Sayville, N.Y. Marisa is interested in sports, politics and music.
Mike White is from Richmond. He is a journalism major and likes to hike, take photos and travel.
Email: whitejm@wlu.edu
Producers
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Michelle Boniface is a senior journalism and environmental studies major. She is an avid outdoors enthusiast from Darlington, Md. Michelle grew up on a thoroughbred racehorse farm where she is part of the fifth generation of family members to be involved in the industry. She hopes to pursue a career in news production and documentary filmmaking while still keeping horses and horse racing in her life.
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Alisha Lavenutre is a broadcast journalism and romance languages double major with a concentration in poverty studies. She speaks five languages and has studied abroad in five countries, including Senegal, China, Peru and France. Last summer, she interned with Thompson-Reuters in Bogota, Colombia as a foreign correspondent. While there, she helped cover the release of Colombian and American hostages held by Marxist guerillas. She currently serves as co-producer of The Rockbridge Report. As a senior, she will spend the last month of her college career studying economics and politics in Ghana. When she returns, Alisha will begin her career as a reporter and future news anchor.
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Produced by
Washington and Lee
journalism students.
Lead Supervisors:
Prof. Brian
Richardson
Prof. Indira Somani
Editing supervisor:
Prof. Doug
Cumming
Technical supervisor: Michael Todd