Reid Collins

REID COLLINS
Junior Faculty Advisor
Reid Collins, is a rising junior at George Mason, originally from Marion, Virginia,. He is excited to be back at Mason and with the WJMC again! As a Mason student, he is majoring in Government and International Politics. He also works for the Office of Admissions as a Mason Ambassador. Reid is excited to work with WJMC this summer!
KAYLA LAMBERT
Junior Faculty Advisor
Kayla Lambert is a second year student at Western Michigan University, double majoring in English (Literature and Language) and Political Science. Kayla is a part of the Lee Honors College, and is a staff-reporter for WMU’s student newspaper, the Western Herald. She deeply enjoys the work she does for the staff, which includes her working with her passion for writing and other people interested in journalism. In addition, she is an intern for the WMU College of Arts and Sciences Marketing and Communications department. Kayla owns and runs a small photography business outside of school. She loves reading, writing, trying new coffee drinks, spending time with her pets, and obviously, photography! Kayla looks forward to being a Junior Faculty Advisor this upcoming summer!
MAIJA ROBINSON
Junior Faculty Advisor
Maija Robinson is a rising Junior at George Mason University and is majoring in Communications with a concentration in Public Relations. Aside from classes, she is an intern for Mason’s Washington ScholarS Program. Maija also enjoys attending school events and spending time with others. She aims to enter the field of Public Relations upon graduating. Maija attended WJMC in the summer of 2019 and she is more than happy to be able to experience it again this summer!
JALEN THOMPSON
Junior Faculty Advisor
Jalen Thompson is a Music Composition Major at Colorado State University. He attended WJMC in 2019 and is ecstatic to come back. He has worked as a communications intern at CSU, researching and writing articles for SOURCE, the universities online newspaper. Furthermore, he is active in social justice issues and hearing other’s perspectives on them. He also enjoys watching basketball and finding new music!
MADALYN GODFREY
Junior Faculty Advisor
Mady Godfrey is a rising sophomore at George Mason University within the Mason Honors College. Coming from a small town in North Carolina, Godfrey is attending Mason to pursue a B.A. in Communications with a concentration in Journalism and a minor in legal studies. Attending WJMC in the summer of 2019 as a rising Junior in high school, Godfrey remembers the positive impact the conference had left on her and looks forward to helping leave that same impact on the correspondents in their fun-filled week. Godfrey wishes for each correspondent to be able to leave the conference at the end of their week feeling inspired in their path of becoming future leaders of the world.
HOPE BEELMAN
Junior Faculty Advisor
Hope Beelman will be transferring to a four-year university in the fall to study journalism after earning her Associate of Arts at Illinois Valley Community College in early May 2022. She attended WJMC in 2019 with like-minded individuals and shared her experience at the conference with future correspondents as a Youth Advisory Board member. On campus, Hope has created content for the admissions office social media team and her college’s award-winning student newspaper, IV Leader, as a staff writer and editor-in-chief. Additionally, she works on campus as a student worker in the financial aid office and recently began working as a Marketing Intern at Camp Aramoni. Hope is thrilled to return to WJMC as a JFA this summer.
ALY BLAIR
Junior Faculty Advisor
Aly Blair attended WJMC in 2017 which set her on the path to finding her voice as a practitioner of communication and telling stories of those she meets. After graduating high school in 2019, she enrolled at Le Moyne College where she is in her third year working towards a B.A. in Communications and a double minor in Legal Studies and Psychology. Aly serves many roles on her campus, including campus tour guide, LCTV Work-Study, and a Staff Writer for The Dolphin, the campus newspaper. She has completed numerous internships across all mediums of the field and is a former college swimmer. Aly is excited to pay it forward bY serving as a JFA for WJMC 2022.
KARLEE ZOLMAN
Junior Faculty Advisor
Since attending WJMC in 2018 and being a part of the Youth Advisory Board, Karlee truly found a love for storytelling. As a rising Junior, she is pursuing a major in journalism with a minor in justice at American University. Karlee is extremely excited to share her passion for journalism and love for WJMC with this year’s correspondents in hopes of helping them find their passion. She is involved on campus through multiple organizations but focuses most of her time on her position as a feature writer for Her Campus, a women-run news magazine. Her career goals are to tell the stories of those whose voices wouldn’t otherwise be heard.
NICK DELUCA
Junior Faculty Advisor
Nick DeLuca is a rising senior at Penn State University majoring in Broadcast Journalism with minors in Digital Media Trends and Analytics and Music Performance. Originally from Pittsburgh, this is his second year serving as a JFA, and he is ecstatic to return to the conference. Nick is currently serving as a Writer/Journalist Intern with The Borgen Project, a nonprofit organization that raises worldwide awareness of poverty and famine. He has also worked as a field reporter with Penn State Network News, and as a Teaching Assistant within the Bellisario College of Communications. Outside of the classroom, Nick is a trumpet player in the Penn State Blue Band and Symphonic Wind Ensemble, an Eagle Scout, and the Head Lifeguard/Assistant Manager of a private swim club in South Pittsburgh. He is looking forward to working with the correspondents and passing off his knowledge to them!
MANUELA BUSHAMANI
Junior Faculty Advisor
Manuela Bushamani is a rising fourth year student at the University of Virginia who is a double major in Art History and Drama. She attended the Washington Journalism and Media Conference in the summer of 2019 as a rising junior in high school. As she was figuring out what she wanted to do with her passion for writing, she had an amazing learning experience that introduced her to the world of journalism. As a JFA in the summer of 2022, she loved the experience of working with students, so she is excited to return to help this year’s correspondents discover a passion and new learning experience that she experienced as a correspondent.