Author: Allison Dodson

Michael Williams is a junior in high school who is very excited to be a part of WJMC’s Youth Advisory Board. Some of his most notable achievements include participating in several different youth advisory boards for KQED, The Hayward City Council, and the San Leandro School Site Council. He is currently enrolled in programs and clubs such as his school’s Business Academy, Debate club, and Ambassadorship/Leadership program.

Mia Liu is a senior at Research Triangle High School in Durham, North Carolina. She has been the editor-in-chief of her school’s yearbook for three years and the secretary for their Quill and Scroll Honor society. Mia is the lead music director and announcer for her school’s radio station. She likes to listen to music, read, and write short stories in hher free time. She has also taken an interest in photography and hopes to pursue it in the future. She had the most excellent, eye-opening experience attending WJMC 2022 and hopes to create the same eexperience for future youth correspondents!

Mckenzie Prater is a current high school senior looking to go into the field of psychology. She is an avid reader and loves to do anything involving art. Mckenzie attended WJMC in the summer of 2022, in the lime group. She learned a lot during that summer and met people she will cherish throughout her life as well as opportunity’s and lessons to help her grow through her life.

Max Berlin is a high school Junior at AFNorth International school, currently living in The Netherlands. He likes to spend his days blasting and creating music, acting in any way, and helping out wherever possible at his local Youth Center. Max has always liked finding the truth in anything, so this leading him to Journalism is no surprise. He attended WJMC 2022 and from this, really discovered a passion for Journalism. He is now participating in his school’s weekly news broadcasts as well as their quarterly creative writing paper.

Matthew Chuter is currently a senior at Bayview Glen Independent School. He is from Toronto, Ontario, Canada and attended WJMC in 2022. he is excited to be a part of the Youth Advisory Board. He is interested in Film, Journalism and Canada-US Relations. At school, he is the head of film for the media club. He is also a writer for his school’s student newspaper.

Maeve Bauer is a Senior at Woodgrove High School. She attended session one of WJMC this past summer and was in the Pink Group. She is the arts and fashion editor for her school’s newspaper, an active member of SCA, and on the executive board for Woodgrove For Women, a club made to help women in the community. Maeve’s time at WJMC was nothing short of extraordinary; it made her more confident in her journalistic skills and created life long bonds. She’s honored to be a part of the youth advisory board and can only hope to create an experience for the next group of correspondents as amazing as hers.

Madyson Isenberg is 16, and she lives in Schertz, Texas. She has a passion for writing and photography and is really looking forward to working with WJMC this summer. She hopes that this conference will help her make new connections and gain resources to help her succeed in her future career of becoming an author and owning her own publishing company. She really likes music, skateboarding, writing, playing her guitar, and getting to be outdoors. She thanks WJMC again for this amazing opportunity.

Mackenzie attended WJMC on the second week of last year’s conference and had an incredible time. She attended WJMC to strengthen her journalistic writing skills and to learn more about broadcast journalism as a possible career. She is a member of both National Honors society, and Thespian Honors society and also runs her schools speech and debate club. Mackenzie is very excited to be accepted on to the the Youth Advisory Board for next year’s conference and hopes to give others the same great experience she had.

Lita Sone is a senior at Gunn High School in Palo Alto, California. She has experience in broadcast journalism, competing in the national Student Television Network (STN) broadcast competition, but recently she has branched out to other fields in journalism, joining her school newspaper as a reporter. In her free time, Lita enjoys volunteering and playing games during late night calls with friends. As a WJMC 2022 national youth correspondent, Lita hopes to use her experience to help future national youth correspondents have a great time at WJMC 2023.