Team


Julio Avila

Julio Avila

Julio Avila is a Long Island native from Huntington. He is currently a senior journalism major on the broadcast track at Stony Brook University. The convenient commute via the Long Island Rail Road and all the School of Journalism had … Continue reading

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Janelle Clausen

Janelle Clausen

Janelle Clausen, a senior journalism major, describes herself as a part-time Jedi in a love/hate relationship with politics. Writing is her specialization (it has been since she produced “The Doggy Times” at six years old), but she enjoys photography too. … Continue reading

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Abby Del Vecchio

Abby Del Vecchio

Abby Del Vecchio is a senior journalism student concentrating in broadcast. What started as a desire to be an actress, turned into a desire to be a red carpet reporter. Now, Abby has decided she wants to work in television … Continue reading

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Emily Benson

Emily Benson

Emily Benson, 20, is a third year journalism major on the print/web track. She is also a business minor, which she hopes will help her keep better track of her finances and monitor her excess shopping habits. Emily is an … Continue reading

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Alexa Coveney

Alexa Coveney

Alexa Coveney is a senior journalism major on the broadcast track with a minor in media arts. She has always had a passion for television and plans to one day work behind the scenes writing or producing for the news … Continue reading

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Briceyda Landaverde

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Briceyda Landaverde is a journalism major on the broadcast track at Stony Brook University. She has always had a passion to travel the world and learn about different cultures. Landaverde first studied abroad in Italy but it was Journalism Without … Continue reading

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Ron Howell

Ron Howell has been a full-time reporter or editor with a long string of news organizations over the past 37 years, including Newsday, the New York Daily News, the Associated Press, Ebony Magazine and The Baltimore Evening Sun. Despite being … Continue reading

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Rick Ricioppo

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Rick Ricioppo has been teaching broadcast journalism at Stony Brook University since 2007. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Ricioppo shoots and produces videos for the School of Journalism, the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science and the Center for … Continue reading

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Kayla Shults

Kayla Shults is a junior journalism major and international studies minor who first discovered her passion for journalism as a child watching the television show Gilmore Girls. After the main character Rory declared her admiration for foreign correspondent Christiane Amanpour, … Continue reading

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Briana Lionetti

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Briana Lionetti is currently a first year graduate student pursuing her master’s in science journalism. She graduated from Stony Brook in May 2015 with a dual degree in biology and journalism. Ever since she was young, she wanted to be an ER physician – that … Continue reading

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