Category: Staff

Abigail is a rising Sophomore at the University of Arkansas, majoring in Journalism with a focus in multimedia production. She is so excited to be back at WJMC after attending during the summer of 2022. She is heavily involved in my school’s Film Society, and will be their social media director this upcoming school year. She can’t wait to help make this summer really special for the students, and to open their eyes to all of the possibilities the journalism industry can offer!

Cohen Wiegers is a rising sophomore at Emory University studying Classical Civilization. Cohen was a National Youth Correspondent in 2022 and is excited to return to WJMC as a Junior Faculty Advisor. Cohen thoroughly enjoyed his time at WJMC and hopes to deliver an equally amazing experience as a JFA.

Maximo Legaspi is a journalism major at the University of Maryland, College Park. He enjoys writing about local events and cultural issues.

Andrew Longo is a rising college sophomore at Northeastern University, undertaking a combined major in journalism and political science. He has served as the lead anchor of his high school’s morning broadcast and as a staff writer at University College Dublin’s school paper, The University Observer. He currently serves as News Director of NUtv, Northeastern’s student-led television club. In his free time, Andrew enjoys reading, traveling, and binging television shows. He attended WJMC in 2022 and hopes to become a broadcast journalist.

Danielle (Danni) Haynes goes by She/Her pronouns and is a rising sophomore at the University of Missouri-Columbia (Mizzou). She is studying Journalism with a minor in Musical Theatre. At Mizzou, she is a member of Alpha Psi Omega; she was in the fall musical Something Rotten and helped to Assistant Stage Management, one of Mizzou’s spring plays, Iphiegnia; she is also involved with the Choirs on campus. During her free time, she likes to hang out with friends and sing/listen to musicals; currently, her favorite is Ride the Cyclone. She also volunteers at her local TV station, KOMU, to help produce and film the news for Mid-Missouri. Danni is a 2022 WJMC alumna and is extremely excited to return as a JFA to help inspire the next upcoming journalist.

Maeve Bauer is a student at Virginia Commonwealth University. She is studying communications and journalism. Maeve attended WJMC in 2022 as a member of the pink group. She loved the time she spent at Mason and sees it as a major turning point in her journalistic career. Maeve has always wanted to be a journalist and has spent the majority of her academic career on reaching that goal. Since 7th grade she has been engaging herself in different types of journalism, and she can’t wait for more at WJMC.