Sydney Roll is a staff writer on the general assignment desk for The State Hornet. She is a film production major and likes to incorporate her multimedia background into her reporting. Sydney is originally from Portland, Oregon but has been living in California since 2017. ...

Skyler Lacey is a staff writer on the general assignment desk for The State Hornet. This is her first semester writing for The State Hornet. She’s a second year political science-journalism major and enjoys reading and watching movies in her free time. ...

Rose Vega is on The State Hornet’s podcast staff. Before joining The State Hornet, she served as editor-in-chief for the Sac City Express. Majoring in journalism, Rose hopes to continue reporting after graduating and get into more investigative journalism. ...

Michael Eskridge joined The State Hornet in spring 2021. He is currently a writer for the arts & entertainment section. Michael has his own travel blog called “Chill Life Network.” He hopes to become a freelance journalist in travel and sports after he graduates. ...

Linneah Flahive joined the State Hornet in spring 2021 as an audience engagement staffer. She has previously interned for the Folsom Telegraph and freelanced for Gold Country Media. She hopes to work in social media after graduation. ...

Kimberly Gomez Santos joined The State Hornet in spring 2021 as a staff writer focusing on Spanish-language coverage. Kimberly moved from Santa Maria on the Central Coast to Sacramento to study journalism. She was born in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, and has been a Zumba instructor for three years. After graduation, she hopes to pursue a career in broadcasting and become a TV news anchor. ...

Kaylin Flatland is the audience engagement editor for The State Hornet. She is a senior who has previously worked as a digital assistant for iHeartMedia. Kaylin has experience as a staff writer for the Sac City Express and The Connection at Cosumnes River College. ...

(he/him) James Fife joined The State Hornet in the Spring of 2021. He is a Film major graduating in Spring 2024.

Jacob Holden joined The State Hornet spring 2021 as a staff writer on the general assignment desk. He previously wrote for his high school newspaper, the El Camino Eagle Eye, as opinion editor and as an intern staff writer for the Elk Grove Citizen. He is majoring in political science-journalism and plans to do policy analysis after graduation.  ...

Giana Seltzer joined The State Hornet in spring 2021 as a staff writer on the general assignment desk. She is currently majoring in journalism and minoring in film studies. After college, she hopes to pursue a career in broadcast journalism for entertainment.  ...

Hannah Quijas joined the State Hornet in the spring of 2021 and is a part of the audience engagement team. Hannah loves social media and hopes to further her career and execute her creativity in the internet community. ...

Diego Tejeda is a staff writer on the general assignment desk for The State Hornet and has been published by The Elk Grove Citizen. In his spare time, he writes poetry, crashes motorcycles and philosophises about kimchi and rice. Tejeda used to cook in a Michelin-starred kitchen. ...

Colin Madigan is a staff writer on the general assignment desk for The State Hornet. This is his last semester at Sac State and his first semester writing for The State Hornet. When Colin graduates, he hopes to pursue a profession in the field of journalism. ...

Christopher Escamilla is a staff writer on the general assignment desk for The State Hornet. He has previously done journalism work as a staff writer for The Collegian, San Joaquin Delta College’s newspaper. Before college, he graduated from Stockton Collegiate International School.

Alex Muegge is the copy editor for The State Hornet. This is his second semester with the paper and his third at Sac State. Previously, he worked as a staff writer for the ARC Current and was editor-in-chief of his high school paper: The Rio Mirada. He plans to work in the entertainment field to some extent, recently exploring the world of podcasting with his show “The Fanatic Fulcrum.” In his fr...

Adeola Ogunsanya joined The State Hornet spring 2021 and is a staff writer on the general assignment desk. She is originally from Staten Island, New York and attended College of Staten Island and New York City College of Technology where she majored in graphic design. She is a journalism major with a minor in studio art and she loves to draw and paint in her spare time. ...

Blynn Beltran is a multimedia reporter for The State Hornet. He covers esports and video games. He likes to play video games and basketball. ...

Mengting Tian joined The State Hornet in spring 2021 as a staff writer on the general assignment desk. She has been an international and transfer student working towards her bachelor’s in journalism at Sacramento State since fall 2018. She hopes to continue to study for a master’s degree and become a journalist. ...

Deanna Sanchez is a sports photographer for The State Hornet for the spring 2021 semester. She is a communications major and hopes to pursue a job in PR or at a magazine. This is her last semester before graduation. ...

Alan Trinidad is an arts and entertainment writer for The State Hornet. This is his first semester with The State Hornet and last semester at Sac State. Alan hopes to pursue a career writing for magazines. Alan enjoys piña coladas and long walks on the beach.  ...

John Cabales joined The State Hornet in spring 2021 and is the sports editor. He previously worked as the deputy sports editor. Before joining The State Hornet, he was the sports editor for The Connection at Cosumnes River College. ...

TJ Martinez joined The State Hornet in fall 2020 as a junior and is a staff writer. Before joining The State Hornet, he worked at KXTV ABC10 as a full-time camera operator from 2018-2019. Although he was born in Japan, he considers Sacramento his hometown. Whenever time allows, he enjoys hiking, running and reading. ...

Maria Ceja joined The State Hornet in fall 2020 as a public relations, marketing and advertising staffer. She is a senior majoring in journalism with a minor in communication studies. After graduation, she hopes to get into education. ...

Emanuel Bourgeois is a member of the public relations, marketing and advertising staff for The State Hornet. Emanuel lives in Los Angeles and went to Westchester Enriched Sciences Magnets. When he graduates from college, he plans on becoming a copywriter. ...

Courtnee Marquez joined The State Hornet in fall 2020 as part of the public relations, marketing and advertising team. She is a senior majoring in journalism. She was a part of the Sacramento State gymnastics team. ...

Ash Dondeti joined The State Hornet as the public relations, marketing and advertising manager for fall 2020. She is a senior majoring in public relations and minoring in marketing. She one day hopes to work in entertainment PR or crisis communication. ...

Anila Lijo joined The State Hornet in fall 2020 and is now the audience engagement editor. She was born in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and is multilingual. In her free time, she enjoys playing basketball and reading. Anila hopes to pursue a career in social media and writing for magazines. ...

Patrick Posuniak is the visuals editor for The State Hornet. Majoring in anthropology with a focus in culture, language and society, Patrick strives to tell meaningful and culturally-accurate stories through his images. He extensively covered the 2020 U.S. Presidential election last fall. ...

(she/her) San Diego native Mercy Sosa returns in spring 2024 as the editor-in-chief at The State Hornet. She joined The Hornet in spring 2020 as a politics beat writer; she later served as news, digital and Spanish language editor. Sosa has freelanced for Sacramento Business Journal, Solving Sacramento and Univision.

Isabelle Juarez joined The State Hornet fall 2020 and is currently in her second semester as newsletter editor. Isabelle started in the diversity and identity beat where she won an award in COVID-19 coverage from the Associated Collegiate Press before becoming co-deputy news editor. Isabelle is a senior political science-journalism major. ...

(he/him) Michael Pacheco joined the State Hornet in fall 2020 as an investigative news reporter. Over the years he has written articles and shot photos for many different sections, including sports, art, music and video games. He is set to graduate in spring 2023. ...

Brandon Bailey is a sports beat writer for The State Hornet. He is a senior who joined The State Hornet in fall 2020. He has previously worked as a general rotation writer for The State Hornet and is majoring in journalism. ...

Khalil Bourgoub covers the music beat for The State Hornet. He moved from San Jose in 2017 and is a senior pursuing degrees in journalism and philosophy. He hopes to continue writing about arts and entertainment in the future. ...

Chanelle Anne Muerong joined The State Hornet in fall 2020 as a features beat writer and is currently the deputy arts and entertainment editor. She was previously an editor of multiple pages during her time on the Collegian at San Joaquin Delta College. In her free time, Chanelle records and edits videos of her friends. ...

Gerardo Zavala is the video editor for The State Hornet. He moved to Sacramento from Santa Barbara, where he was the sports editor and photography editor for The Channels student newspaper at Santa Barbara City College. He is majoring in journalism and political science and is minoring in mathematics and is looking to cover science and politics for a publication after graduating. ...

Katerina Graziosi joined The State Hornet in fall 2020 and is currently an arts and entertainment beat writer. An Orange County native, she has been living in the City of Trees for the last 10 years. She is excited to graduate spring 2021 and is majoring in journalism and minoring in sociology. ...

Camryn Dadey is The State Hornet’s news editor. A Sacramento native, she has interned at POLITICO and is president of Sac State’s chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. She has worked at The State Hornet since fall 2020 and is majoring in political science-journalism. ...

Colby Case is the esports beat writer for The State Hornet. This is his second semester on staff, with graduation planned for the end of the spring 2021 semester. He likes to travel, primarily out of state or country. ...

Samaha Samy is a political opinion writer for The State Hornet. Before joining The State Hornet in fall 2020, he worked as a freelance journalist with Al-Masry Al-Youm, one of the top five newspapers in Egypt, North Africa and the Middle East. During his work for Al-Masry Al-Youm, he interviewed many prominent subjects such as Illinois Senator Dick Durbin, Oscar-winning actor Rami Malek and Egyptian and Ar...

Sara Nevis joined The State Hornet in fall 2020 and is the multimedia editor. During her first semester, she won fifth and seventh place in the ACP/CMA Fall National College Journalism Convention for broadcast news. She works freelance as a photojournalist for The Stockton Record. ...

(he/him) Dylan McNeill is a senior working on his second semester as a sports editor at The State Hornet. Previously with The Hornet Dylan has worked as an arts and entertainment staffer as well as the baseball beat writer. McNeill is from Humboldt County, California. ...

Allisyn Mayhew is a multimedia reporter for The State Hornet. She serves as a news anchor for The State Hornet News Broadcast and previously served as a sports beat writer. She hopes to pursue a career in broadcasting after she graduates spring 2021. ...

(he/him) Jordan Latimore joined the State Hornet in the spring of 2019 as a staff writer and is now a managing editor after previously serving as a staffer and editor for the sports section for six semesters. Before joining The State Hornet he wrote for his school paper, The Bruin Voice, where he had a sports column. Jordan is majoring in journalism and aspires to cover professional sports in the future....

Tara Gnewikow is a managing editor for The State Hornet. She joined in spring 2020 and has previously worked as a copy editor and as an arts and entertainment reporter, interviewing subjects such as director and activist Boots Riley. She enjoys making art in her free time. ...

Gavin Rock joined The State Hornet as a politics beat writer in spring 2020 and is now on the podcast staff. Before writing for The State Hornet, Gavin was the sports editor at Diablo Valley College's student newspaper, The Inquirer. He is also a member of Sacramento State's Society of Professional Journalists. ...

Bradley Hinkson is an opinion beat writer for The State Hornet. Bradley is a film studies major who joined spring 2020 and focuses mostly on film and television reviews. He hopes to one day write film reviews professionally. ...

Gurneet (Garry) Singh joined The State Hornet spring 2019 and is now a multimedia staffer, sports beat writer and podcaster. Garry is from Sacramento and is majoring in business and minoring in journalism. He is also station manager at KSSU, the CSUS student-run radio station, where he has his own weekly radio show. Garry received fifth place “Best of Show” award at ACP/CMA 2020 Fall National ...

Jordan Parker is the editor-in-chief of The State Hornet. He took the helm of one of the largest news organizations in the Sacramento region in May 2021 and leads the newsroom staff as well as all editorial content published on the website and its affiliated social media channels. ...

Drue Goncalves first joined The State Hornet in 2019 and is a staff writer on the general assignment desk for The State Hornet. When Drue graduates, he hopes to get a job covering sports. ...

Ian Edwards is the sports editor for The State Hornet. He previously was the men's basketball beat writer for the 2019-20 season. Prior to joining The State Hornet, he spent a semester as the opinion editor at Chaffey College’s student news organization, The Breeze. ...

Magaly Muñoz joined The State Hornet as an opinion writer in fall 2019 and went on to run the opinion section as editor for the 2020-2021 school year. Magaly is the fall 2021 managing editor and will graduate with her bachelors degree in journalism in spring 2022. After graduation, she hopes to delve into magazine writing or publishing. ...

Chris Wong is a managing editor for The State Hornet. He joined in fall 2019 and previously served as news editor and web editor. He plays mallet percussion in the Sac State Marching Band and Sac State Indoor, and he hopes to go into either the K12 education beat or teaching high school after graduating. ...

Mack Ervin III is the podcast editor for The State Hornet. He is a senior who joined back in fall 2019 and has previously served as football beat writer and multimedia reporter. A double major in journalism and communications, he is also an avid sports, racing and video game enthusiast. ...

Nijzel Dotson is The State Hornet’s managing editor for the fall 2021 semester. He first joined The State Hornet in 2019 and was previously the arts & entertainment editor. He has written for Comstock’s Magazine and The Advocate, Contra Costa College’s student-run newspaper. ...

Max Connor joined The State Hornet as a transfer student in fall 2019, became the managing editor in spring 2020, and is the editor-in-chief for the 2020-21 school year. Before joining The State Hornet, he was an editor and reporter for The Connection at Cosumnes River College. In addition to being the editor-in-chief, he created the award-winning podcast "Max's Table" for The State Hornet all abou...

Dominic Vitiello is a multimedia reporter for The State Hornet. He spends his time away from broadcast shooting photos and gaming as a passion. ...

Estefany Nuñez is the diversity and identity writer for The State Hornet. She’s been published by the Woodland Daily Democrat, and has participated in journalism since her freshman year of high school. She hopes to continue reporting for local communities in the San Joaquin Valley and write film reviews as well. ...

Milan Cabebe joined The State Hornet as a staff writer on the general assignment desk in spring 2019 then returned in fall 2020 as an arts and entertainment features beat writer. She has also done audience engagement and promotions work with Entercom Radio. Milan is a senior pursuing a degree in journalism with a minor in communications and hopes to work in fashion, lifestyle and/or entertainment after...