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President/Editor-in-Chief

Madeleine Webb

Madeleine is an English major and film minor with plans to work in film and broadcast journalism. When she’s not writing, she’s probably listening to Taylor Swift, watching her favorite movies, or attending a concert. Maddie has been writing for The Gleaner for three years and loves to write about anything pop culture and social media related!

Copy Editor:

Valeria Suarez

Valeria Suarez is currently studying English with a minor in Philosophy. She hopes to get her master’s degree before beginning her career in publishing. She enjoys reading fantasy, crocheting, and listening to new music in her spare time.

Layout Editor:

Bridget Schwagerl

Treasurer:

Julio Dagand

Julio is an English major and former United States Marine who has been with the Gleaner since the spring semester of 2023. He currently writes on a variety of topics on campus, including coverage of the Student Veterans Affairs office. When not studying or preparing work for the gleaner, he can typically be found wasting his life on video games or social media.

Secretary:

Isabella Deitz

Isabella Deitz is a English major at Rutgers Camden. After graduating, she hopes to become a publisher or book editor. In her free time she enjoys reading all types of books, hanging out with her cat, and binge-watching her favorite shows, and occasionally she likes to bake.

Comic Writer:

Erick Rosario

Staff Writers:

Addy Adebo

Adedokun Adebo, who goes by Addy professionally is a Theatre major with a concentration in acting but also aims to pursue journalism because he has an ardent desire to work in film and television. The opportunity to work for a school paper was something he never afforded the opportunity of partaking in previously. He believes growing his passion for journalism and gaining experience by writing and reporting on school affairs and local stories is one of the best ways to become a better and more refined reporter. Addy also has a big love for music and used to play the drums for his church.

Jack Alexander

Jack Alexander is a Rutgers Camden sophomore who would like to pursue a bachelor’s in liberal studies. He is interested in entrepreneurship and currently runs a car detailing business that he started when he was still in high school. Jack recognizes the value of a degree and of an education and understands that it will be a key differentiator in him as a businessman as he continues to build upon his foundation in business. Studying journalism helps him to understand press releases as they will surely relate to his new
business ventures and launches.

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Jamy Burke

Jamy Burke is a Psychology/English student at Rutgers-Camden. He has a broad interest in writing, from creative endeavors to academic research and reporting. He especially has a love for the art of storytelling, but he appreciates effective journalism all the same. Jamy strongly believes that writing can be a powerful cathartic tool to promote mental wellbeing.

Sumaiyah Crudup

Sumaiyah Crudup is a senior at Rutgers University, Camden, majoring in Fine Arts with a
concentration in Animation. She enjoys transforming her ideas into stories by writing and
painting. She looks forward to bringing this passion into the Newsroom. Outside of class, she
works as a hostess at a restaurant, babysits on the weekends, and balances her creative projects
while still doing what she loves.

Madison Donofrio

Madison Donofrio is currently a Liberal Arts major. She has always loved writing and has had a
strong interest in journalism. She has a passion for the arts, and enjoys reading and watching
suspenseful shows in her free time.

Zoe Etcubanas

Zoe is a second year English major, Spanish minor, and the secretary for the Library Student Advisory Board. During her tenure with the Gleaner, she hopes to bring attention to local events and improve her public-facing writing skills. For leisure, she likes to read in the fantasy genre, watch video essays, and animated shows.

Brooke Evans

Brooke Evans is an English major and currently a junior at Rutgers Camden. She’s a transfer student from The University of The Arts who has always loved writing. Journalism is something she considered for a possible future career and she wishes to gain more experience by writing for The Gleaner. A fun fact about her is she loves to play video games, especially horror games.

Mariely Gomez

Mariely Gomez is a junior at Rutgers Camden, majoring in Health and Science. She took an interest in The Gleaner to learn about upcoming events and stay attuned to her campus. Mariely is a young Hispanic woman, first-generation in her family, who will soon complete college.

Monroe Hall

Monroe Hall is a freshman Criminal Justice major who enjoys reporting on sport stories happening with the Scarlet Raptor athletic teams and athletes. Sports is a big passion of his and he’s on the Rutgers-Camden track and field team.

Maisha Hossain

Maisha Hossain is an Accounting major with two minors in Digital Studies and English respectively. She has an interest in journalism because she believes that it is a way to connect people of divers backgrounds and is a way to bring light to important issues. She is currently working as a volunteer for MUNA Youth, a muslim non-profit organization built on helping people who need it the most.

Lanyia I Johnson

Lanyia Johnson is a social work major who struggled to write during grade school. Now, writing is a strong and challenging passion of hers. Journalism is just one way for her to use her own voice.

John McPeak

John McPeak is a Political Science and English major here at Rutgers Camden. His interest in
journalism stems from his passion for local government and keeping the public invested in
current events. He researches municipal governments within Camden County and reports his
findings. In his free time, John works on his truck and plays golf.

Joseph O’Kane

Joseph O’Kane is a Liberal Studies major with a minor in Literature. He is drawn to journalism for its blend of reporting, analysis, and storytelling, with a focus on campus issues and student life. With the paper, he aims to produce clear, well-researched work that informs readers. Outside the newsroom, he is a trained theater actor with experience in New Jersey and New York City.

Caitlyn Ortiz

Caitlyn Ortiz is a Sophomore who is studying Health Science at Rutgers Camden University. She is very interested in sports and is excited to see what journalism and the paper can do to enhance people’s outlook on sports, not only here on campus, but sports as a whole. Caitlyn not only enjoys sports from an outsiders perspective, but is also a student athlete here herself. Caitlyn is in her second year as a player on the Rutgers Camden Women’s Soccer Team. Sports and soccer in itself is not the only thing Caitlyn is interested in, but reading and writing is also something she enjoys and is looking forward to journalism as a whole!

Owen Orzechowski

Owen Orzechowski is a health sciences major with a psychology minor. His interest in journalism stems from his love of storytelling and reading other stories. He loves learning new things.

Karen Peguero

Karen is an English major from New York City of Dominican descent. She aspires to create stories that both compel and inform her audience. In her spare time, Karen enjoys reading and staying up to date with current pop culture trends. With a strong passion for film, she hopes to one day be featured in The Criterion Closet Picks.

Sandra Ritter

Sandra Rose Ritter is studying psychology with a minor in communications at the Rutgers Camden. She is interested in the sports field and finds herself drawn to developing stories that connect to the sports world and its athletes. This being said, Sandra herself is a student athlete here at RUC, currently in her junior year playing soccer for the university.

Madison Thomas

Madison Thomas is a third-year nursing student who is passionate about strengthening her reporting skills in the journalism course she is taking. She aspires to work on her reporting skills when it comes to communicating in the healthcare field and sharpen her ability to focus on important details while being able to confidently hand off her health-related reports to her collogues. Aside from Madisons passion for academics and work, she enjoys strength training in the gym at early hours when the world is quiet and she values time with all of her loved ones.

Allison Truax

Allison Truax is a graduate student in the English and Media Studies M.A. program and a certified secondary English teacher currently teaching middle school. She is interested in journalism as a way to strengthen literacy, critical thinking, and student voice in the classroom, and plans to incorporate it into her future curriculum work. She enjoys finding creative ways to make learning meaningful for her students.

Dee Villanueva

Dee Villanueva is currently studying English and Communications. He is a passionate sports writer and is looking forward to sharing stories about the sports world. He is highly interested in bringing students attention to the Scarlet Raptors sports teams. Dee currently works in the Athletics department as an announcer and looks forward to writing about the Scarlet Raptors. He loves playing video games and watching sports with his French Bulldog.

Tureaca Welch

Tureaca Welch is a Communications major with a minor in Africana Studies. Her interest in journalism centers on informing communities about issues that directly affect their daily lives, with an emphasis on honesty, fairness, and clear reporting of the who, what, when, where, and how of local events. She is actively involved in the ASD community and serves as a liaison between universities and her organization to support student access and accommodations.

IN NEED OF MORE STAFF WRITERS!

Faulty Advisor:

Professor Ashley Gimbal

A 2018 graduate of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Arizona State University, Dr. Gimbal teaches courses in communication and journalism including the Special Topics in Journalism: The Gleaner course. Her research focuses on media framing and audience effects and how these elements alter the way news is created and shared.