James Fife, Podcast Editor
(he/him)
James Fife joined The State Hornet in the Spring of 2021. He is a Film major graduating in Spring 2024.
Casey Rafter, copy editor
(he/him)
Casey Rafter joined The State Hornet in spring 2022 as a newswriter. As of fall 2022, he is the website’s copy editor. He also writes for Sacramento News & Review and has experience as a writer, editor-in-chief and student adviser for The Express at Sac City College.
Alyssa Branum, Visuals Editor
(she/her)
Alyssa Branum, serving as visuals editor, is in her fourth semester working for The State Hornet and last semester at Sac State. Branum has won awards from the Associated Collegiate Press along with work published in the Sac Observer and SN&R. As a senior journalism major, Branum looks forward to utilizing creative outlets, working towards her photojournalism career and connecting with others on her journey.
Jacob Peterson, News Editor
(he/him)
Jacob joined The State Hornet in fall 2022, and served as the spring 2023 visuals editor and now the fall 2023 news editor. He earned his A.A. in journalism at Cosumnes River College and is working on his B. A. at Sac State.
Aile Flores, podcast staffer
(she/her)
Aile is 23 years old and is pursuing journalism in hopes of working for a publication called Vice. She is super passionate about the unusual and hopes to introduce audiences to topics either unseen or unheard of. Her current goal is to establish her podcast while learning the ins and outs of journalism.
