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The Student News Site of Walnut Hills High School

The Chatterbox

The Student News Site of Walnut Hills High School

The Chatterbox

2022-2023 Staff

Fenet Damtew
Remembrancer Staff

Fenet Damtew

In her third year as a Remembrancer staff member, Fenet Damtew has excitedly taken on the role of School Life Managing Editor and Public Relations Manager! Damtew is passionate about journalism and photography and plans to continue i...

Trinity Charles
Remembrancer Staff

Trinity Charles

In her second year as a Remembrancer staff member, Trinity Charles is excited to work as the Managing Editor of Visual Elements. She hopes to create a personal and enjoyable yearbook for her peers.  Outside of the J-Lab, Charles wrestles and p...

Yearbook Staff

Shanice Way

During her four years as a member of the Remembrancer Yearbook staff, Shanice Way, class of 2024, is ecstatic that she has put so much hard work and dedication into several different yearbooks over the years. She is grateful that...

Kham Brumfield
Remembrancer Staff

Kham Brumfield

During her two years as a member of the Remembrancer yearbook staff, Khamryn Brumfield, class of 2024, is filled with mixed emotions about leaving behind all of the hard work she has put in. She hopes that future books will em...

Ghada Kassem
Remembrancer Staff

Ghada Kassem

During her three years as a member of the Remembrancer yearbook staff, Ghada Kassem, class of 2024 is excited about the work she has accomplished in her time on staff and is now confident in her writing and journalism skills....

Jack Commandeur
Sports Writer

Jack Commandeur

During his two years as a member of the Chatterbox staff, Jack Commandeur, Class of 2024, is so grateful for his time writing for the sports section and is excited to see how his classmates grow in the following years. He has ...

Lily Williams
Staff Writer & Photographer

Lily Williams

In her third year as a Chatterbox staff member, Lily Williams, '26, is happy to work as a staff writer. She hopes to become a better writer and journalist this semester. She enjoys writing and has taken News writing 1 during...

Eli Newman
Staff Writer & Photographer

Eli Newman

In his first year as a Chatterbox staff member, Eli Newman, '26, is excited to work as a staff writer. He wants to begin his writing career strongly. He had taken Newswriting 1 in seventh grade and wanted to continue his experience. Newman...

PJ Varatta
Section Editor of News and Features

PJ Varatta

In his first year as a Chatterbox staff member, PJ Varatta is excited to work as the Section Editor of News and Features. Varatta is excited to get a taste of what it is like to work in News Production. Varatta was formerly a staff writer while he...

Aidan Smith
Staff Writer & Photographer

Aidan Smith

In his first year as a Chatterbox staff member, Aidan Smith, '27,  is persevering to work as a staff writer. Smith hopes to work on his journalism and newswriting skills. Smith participated in Newswriting 1 in the first semester...

Terra Nelson
Staff Writer & Photographer

Terra Nelson

In her first year as a Chatterbox staff member, Terra Nelson, '26, is excited to enter journalism and see what it has to offer. This year she is eager to improve her writing skills, experience and hopefully write on Walnut’s...

Hannah Lilienthal
Broadcast Team Member

Hannah Lilienthal

In her second year as a Chatterbox staff member, Hannah Lilienthal, ‘24, is ready to explore her role as a broadcast section asset.   As a fourth year student athlete and football manager at Walnut, she hopes to use her p...

Axel Kindel
News and Features Writer

Axel Kindel

In his second year as a Chatterbox staff member, Axel Kindel, '26, is ready to work as a writer in News and Features. His goal is to learn more about the journalistic process and produce quality work. Kindel is a sophomore...

Alex Gerwe
Staff Writer & Photographer

Alex Gerwe

In his first year as a Chatterbox staff member, Alex Gerwe, '26, is getting to work as a staff writer and he is determined to work hard and turn in everything on time. Gerwe has no prior experience with journalism but is excited...

Norah Boehm
Staff Writer & Photographer

Norah Boehm

In her first year as a Chatterbox staff member, Norah Boehm, '27, is excited to work as a staff writer.This year she hopes to improve her news writing and social skills. She has previously taken Newswriting 1. Boehm also participa...

Kiley Baker
Staff Writer & Photographer

Kiley Baker

In her first year as a Chatterbox staff member, Kiley Baker, '24, is overjoyed to work as a news writer in progress. Her goal on staff this year is to learn as much as possible and help her peers wherever needed. Baker also...

Maya Sampath
Public Relations and Social Media Manager

Maya Sampath

In her third year as a Chatterbox staff member, Maya Sampath is excited to expand her writing and journalism skills to social media as the Public Relations and Social Media Manager. She hopes to continue to interact with WHHS�...

Emma Kim
Managing Editor of Online Content

Emma Kim

In her third year as a Chatterbox staff member, Emma Kim is enthusiastic to work as the Managing Editor of Online Content. She hopes to develop her journalistic writing style and expand her knowledge of website management. She w...

Sameera Degaulle
Managing Editor of Current Events

Sameera Degaulle

In her third year as a Chatterbox staff member, Sameera Degaulle is overjoyed to work as the Managing Editor of Current Events. Degaulle is eager to fuel her writers’ love of journalism by helping them create stories that they a...

Oliver Wallace
Broadcast Journalist

Oliver Wallace

In his first year as a Chatterbox Broadcast staff member, Oliver Wallace is ecstatic to work as a broadcast journalist. He wants to learn more about broadcast journalism and become more active in his community.  He has never ...

Genevieve Twachtman
Broadcast Journalist

Genevieve Twachtman

In her 4th year as a Remembrancer staff member, SENIOR Gigi Twachtman is excited to work as the Managing Editor of Design and Visual Elements, as well as being part of the Chatterbox Broadcast staff. Twachtman hopes to learn even m...

William Smolinski
Broadcast Journalist

William Smolinski

In his first year as a Chatterbox staff member, Will Smolinski is excited to work as a Broadcast journalist. He looks forward to gaining journalistic experience, and getting to create unique content for the school this year. ...

Morgan Mullins
Broadcast Journalist

Morgan Mullins

Katherine Holmes
Broadcast Journalist

Katherine Holmes

In her first year as a Chatterbox staff member, Katherine Holmes is excited to work as a broadcast reporter. She hopes to learn more about journalism and expand her social circle at school.  Holmes hopes to go to Howard University. ...

Lydia Goetz
Deputy Editor in Chief of Broadcast

Lydia Goetz

During her two years as a member of the Chatterbox staff, Lydia Goetz, class of 2024, is proud of the work she has done on staff and excited to see what the future brings for the Broadcast section.  During her time on staff as Managing Editor ...

Alecia Daniels
Broadcast Journalist

Alecia Daniels

In her first year as a Chatterbox staff member, Alecia Daniels is excited to be a member of broadcast production. Daniels is looking forward to becoming a better editor and becoming more experienced with video and audio skills. ...

Le'Hana Criswell
Broadcast Journalist

Le’Hana Criswell

In her first year as a Chatterbox staff member, Le’hana Criswell  is excited to work as broadcast journalist . Criswell’s goal this year is to work to improve her writing skills, and to learn how to properly interview othe...

Lilian Clark
Broadcast Journalist

Lilian Clark

Iman Divanovic
Peanuts Writer

Iman Divanovic

In her second year as a Chatterbox staff member, freshman Iman Divanovic is excited to work as a Staff Writer. She took News Writing 1 and 2 and wants to produce content that the staff and students at WHHS will find helpful and i...

Colin Coots-Hickey

Colin Coots-Hickey

In his first year as a Chatterbox staff member, Colin Coots-Hickey is eager to work as a sports writer. Coots-Hickey wants to cover as many sports as possible and work towards becoming a better writer for the Chatterbox.  Coo...

Makenzie Ellison
Sports Writer

Makenzie Ellison

In her second year as a staff member, Makenzie Ellison is overjoyed to work as a student writer. Ellison intends to write amazing, heartfelt, and unity building stories for the Chatterbox.  Ellison also participates in junior varsity ...

Sohan Shamarthi

Sohan Shamarthi

In his first year as a Chatterbox staff member, Sohan Shamarthi is ready to work as a staff member. This year, he is eager to improve his writing skills and cover topics that don’t just relate to school. He may not have an...

Shaun Rice

Shaun Rice

In his first year as a Chatterbox staff member, Shaun Rice is happy to work as a writer for peanuts. One of his goals this year is to make his deadlines on time. Rice also plays basketball and runs track. Rice hopes to go t...

McKyah Crooms

McKyah Crooms

In her first year as a Chatterbox member, McKyah Crooms is excited to work as a writer for the peanuts section. Her goal is to improve her writing skills, as well as giving her a chance to see how she can improve her poetry skil...

Landon Stinson

Landon Stinson

In his first year as a Chatterbox staff member, Landon Stinson is thrilled to work as a staff member. He hopes to write many interesting articles for the readers of the Chatterbox. Despite having little to no experience in journa...

Ava Carruthers

Ava Carruthers

In her first year as a chatterbox staff member, Ava Carruthers is excited to work as a staff writer. She wants to create great stories, and produce a great newspaper for herself and the students at WHHS.   She took Newswr...

Armaan Tindni

Armaan Tindni

In his first year as a Chatterbox staff member, grader Armaan Tindni, is excited to work as a writer for the News Section. This year, Tindni is avid about improving his journalism skills and is eager to expand his portfolio a...

Amelia Price

Amelia Price

In her first year as a Chatterbox staff member, Amelia Price is thrilled to work as a fine arts section writer. She is passionate about journalism and might even want to continue writing as a college career and throughout her...

Andy Linn

Andy Linn

In his first year as a Chatterbox staff member, Andy Linn is excited to work as a crew member. This year he is excited to use skills to report on various topics inside and outside of school.  Although he has no previous experie...

Amia Knight

Amia Knight

In her second year as a Chatterbox staff member, Amia Knight is propitious to work as a newswriter. Her goal for this year in Chatterbox is to become not only a better writer and hopefully a better speaker.  Knight has also c...

Ramsey Mullin

Ramsey Mullin

In her first year as a Chatterbox staff member, Ramsey Mullin is happy to work as a fine arts writer. This year, she hopes to advance her writing skills and improve at communicating with and interviewing others.   Last year, she to...

Braden Williams

Braden Williams

In his second year as a Chatterbox staff member, Braden Williams is eager to work as a fine arts journalist.  Williams is excited to work on new topics and learn new writing skills. Williams also has journalist experience in s...

Megan Scudder
Managing Editor of School Life

Megan Scudder

In her second year as a remembrancer staff member, Megan Scudder is committed to fulfilling her role as Managing Editor of School Life. It is also her first year on Chatterbox staff, as she is exploring her excitement for journalistic...

Eva Montgomery

Eva Montgomery

In her 1st year as a Chatterbox/Remembrancer staff member, Eva Montgomery is excited to work as a writer for peanuts. She wants to help the peanuts feel more welcome at Walnut and inform them on important events.   Montgo...

Jonas Warner
Opinions Writer

Jonas Warner

In his second year as a Chatterbox staff member, Jonas Warner is excited to work as a Opinions Writer. His goal is to produce good articles and maybe even win a few awards! Two years ago he worked as a Fine Arts Writer.  Warner also ...

Dominic Allie
Managing Editor of Broadcast Feature Stories, Drone Pilot

Dominic Allie

During his two years as a Chatterbox staff member, Dominic Allie, class of  2024, worked as the drone pilot. He also took on the role of Managing editor of Broadcast Feature Stories. Allie provided the school with innovative a...

Elena Brown
Managing Editor of Student Life

Elena Brown

In her third year as a Chatterbox staff member, Elena Brown is bouncing off the walls with excitement to work as the Managing Editor of Student Life this year. She hopes to foster better communication with her writers and to create ...

Max Blessing

Max Blessing

In his first year as a Chatterbox staff member, Max Blessing is delighted to work as a columnist for the Opinions section. As an exchange student, Blessing is trying to support cultural understanding and thrill his environment with...

Corey Wasem
Deputy Editor in Chief of Broadcast

Corey Wasem

In her third year as a Chatterbox staff member, Corey Wasem is excited to work as Deputy Editor in Chief of Broadcast. She hopes to create a positive and productive environment for the course and have fun every step of the way....

Krishna Malhotra
Operations Manager

Krishna Malhotra

In his third year as a Chatterbox staff member, Krishna Malhotra is grateful and honored to work as Managing Editor for Operations. Malhotra wants to help the Chatterbox be successful this year as an excellent school newspape...

L Mahler
Arcade Writer

L Mahler

In her fourth year as a Chatterbox staff member, L Mahler is ready to pick up on her baking section right where she left off. She hopes to create entertaining instructions and delicious treats. While she has no other professional experien...

Tab Gannaway
Section Editor of Arcade

Tab Gannaway

In their fourth year as a Chatterbox staff member, Tab Gannaway is delighted to work as the Section Editor of Arcade. They hope to keep the themes exciting and the games amusing.  In the past, they took both Newswriting 1 and 2 as an eigh...

Marwa Khzir
Editor in Chief

Marwa Khzir

In her fourth year as a Chatterbox staff member, Marwa Khzir is excited to work as the Editor-in-Chief for the Chatterbox. Khzir hopes to further improve her writing skills while simultaneously producing and publishing work s...

Bareen Abdulrahman
Section Editor of Opinions

Bareen Abdulrahman

In her fourth year as a Chatterbox staff member, Bareen Abdulrahman is excited to work as the Section Editor of Opinions. She hopes to balance the bias shown in both her and her section members' articles throughout the year an...

William Demeter
News and Features Writer | Remembrancer Staff

William Demeter

In his third year as a Chatterbox staff member, William Demeter is ready to work as a News and Features Writer. Demeter hopes to capture all of the behind the scenes and planning involved for school events.  Demeter is also in...

Isabella Huth
General Reporter

Isabella Huth

In her fist official year as a Chatterbox staff member, Isabella Huth is excited to work as a journalist.  She wants to write more articles than she did last year as a Chatterbox club member. Huth is planning on going to Un...

Langston McGhee
Remembrancer Staff

Langston McGhee

In his second year as a Remembrancer staff member, Langston McGhee is happy to work as a clubs section staff. His goal is to optimize coverage and creativity in the yearbook.  McGhee creates clothes, swims and dabbles in f...

Victoria Hollis
Remembrancer Staff

Victoria Hollis

During her three years as a member of the Remembrancer yearbook staff, Victoria Hollis, class of 2024, is grateful and appreciative of the work she got to do. She hopes the yearbook is successful and brings out the best in ever...

Arthur Perkins
Illustrator

Arthur Perkins

In his second year as a Chatterbox staff member, Arthur Perkins is excited to work as an illustrator. They are ready to spend their time using Chatterbox as an outlet for their work and a way to build technical skills.   Th...

Amyll Dawson
Remembrancer Staff

Amyll Dawson

During her three years as a member of the Remembrancer staff, Amyll Dawson, class of 2024, is incredibly proud of the work she has done on staff. She hopes that next year's staff will produce a first-place OSMA yearbook, and that it is a book they can all be proud of. Dawson spent her first ...

Ben Schneider
Section Editor of Style and Culture

Ben Schneider

During his three years as a member of the Chatterbox staff, Ben Schneider, class of 2024, is proud of the work he has done writing and editing for the Style and Culture section. Schneider often wrote reviews of popular television...

Thomas Maggart
Broadcast

Thomas Maggart

In his first year as a Chatterbox staff member, Thomas Maggart is jubilant to work as a broadcasting editor, where he hopes to gain photo/video experience.  Maggart is also in the student council.  He hopes to become a ph...

Liam Garth
Sports Writer

Liam Garth

In his second year as a Chatterbox staff member, Liam Garth is eager to work as a sports writer. Garth wants to cover as many sports as possible and work towards becoming a better writer for the Chatterbox.  Garth's previo...

Nazret Degaulle
Managing Editor of Student Life

Nazret Degaulle

In her second year as a Chatterbox staff member, Nazret Degaulle is eager to work as the managing editor of student life. This year, she is excited to lead her writers while helping them foster a love of journalism.   De...

Sarah Wilson
Managing Editor of Visual Elements

Sarah Wilson

In her fourth year as a Chatterbox staff member, Sarah Wilson is excited to work as the Managing Editor of Visual Elements. Wilson’s goals this year include emphasizing visual storytelling in all elements of the paper and i...

Lael Ingram
Public Relations and Social Media Manager

Lael Ingram

As a Chatterbox staff member for three years, Lael Ingram, class of 2024, worked as news writer, new section editor, the Managing Editor of Public Relations and Social Media and a broadcaster. Ingram was on the dance team, a member of th...

Dominic Hamon
Managing Editor of Viewpoints

Dominic Hamon

In his fourth year as a Chatterbox staff member, Dominic Hamon is pumped to be the Managing Editor of Viewpoints!  Hamon has been all over viewpoints in the past as the Section Editor of Opinions and both a Peanuts Writer and edit...

Staff Writer

Angela Britton

In her first year as a Chatterbox staff member, sophomore Angela Britton is thrilled to finally work on the Chatterbox staff. Britton is excited to be working on projects involving fine arts projects and general projects for...

Kellyn Brogan
Sports Writer

Kellyn Brogan

During his two years as a member of the Remembrancer yearbook staff, Kellyn Brogan, class of 2024 is happy with the work he's done, and hopes the future staffers maintain the standard classes before them have set.  He also took both newswr...

Kat Swift
Managing Editor of Viewpoints

Kat Swift

In her third year as a Chatterbox staff member, SENIOR Kat Swift is thrilled to work as the Managing Editor of Viewpoints. This year she is so excited to introduce new staff members to the joys of journalism and to produce co...

Tobey Logan
Deputy Editor in Chief of Broadcast

Tobey Logan

In his fourth year as a Chatterbox staff member, Tobey Logan is very excited to work as the Deputy Editor in Chief of Broadcast.  His goal this year is to continue to increase the quality and frequency of the Chatterbox’s broadcast...

Faith Wallace
Style and Culture Writer

Faith Wallace

Faith Wallace, class of 2024, spent four years with the Chatterbox. During her time with the Chatterbox, she has gained journalistic experience and improved her writing. She enjoys reading, cooking, and re-watching shows like...

Ryan Helton
Managing Editor of Operations

Ryan Helton

In his third and a half year as a Chatterbox staff member, Ryan Helton is moderately enthused to work as the Managing Editor of Operations.  He wants to get everything running smoothly like it did in years past. Helton wa...

Kimaya Mundhe
Operations Manager

Kimaya Mundhe

In her fourth year as a Chatterbox staff member, Kimaya Mundhe, ‘25, is excited to work as the Managing Editor of Viewpoints. This year she plans on managing advertisement sales, subscription, and circulation.  Mundhe wa...

Kate Stiens
Managing Editor of Visual Elements

Kate Stiens

In her fourth year as a Chatterbox staff member, Kate Stiens is ecstatic to work as the Managing Editor of Visual Elements.  She hopes to help her team members express their visual creativity in the paper this year. She was...

Lonzo Montgomery
Public Relations & Social Media Manager

Lonzo Montgomery

In his fifth year as a Chatterbox staff member, SENIOR Lonzo Montgomery has once again enthusiastically taken on the role of Public Relations and Social Media Manager. Montgomery is passionate about writing and music. He has written...

Sydnie Barrett
Managing Editor of Broadcast

Sydnie Barrett

In their fifth year as a Chatterbox staff member, Sydnie Barrett is absolutely vibrating with excitement to be the Managing Editor of Broadcast. After years of planning, trial, error, shiny new toys and unfinished projects Ba...

Kaylee Robbins
Editor in Chief

Kaylee Robbins

During her six years as a member of the Chatterbox staff, Kaylee Robbins, class of 2024, is excited to leave behind this incredible publication and is excited to see them continue on winning awards and writing incredible stories....

Hajra Munir
Editor in Chief

Hajra Munir

In her fourth year as a Chatterbox staff member, Hajra Munir is enthusiastic to work as the Editor in Chief.  Munir's goal this year is to support the entire staff while helping them find a new passion for journalism. Munir's...

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