Additional Staff

Prof. Emilie Davis

Instructor of NEW 509: Advanced Editing & NEW 508: Proofreading and Fact Checking
Prof. Emilie Davis is an adjunct professor in the newspaper department at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. She teaches editing classes during fall and spring semesters.

Student editors in her two classes this spring are responsible for laying out content, writing headlines and photo captions and proofreading pages for The Stand. During the summer, she teaches news writing and reporting to incoming master’s students.

A native of Syracuse, Emilie grew up on the North Side. She returned to Syracuse in 1999 after a journalism career in Rochester and the Washington, D.C., area. She loves being back in Syracuse.

Richie Calabro

Richie is a junior broadcast journalism major from Englewood, NJ. He has worked with the NY Mets in their video productions department assisting in day to day operations of the digital scoreboard system. This summer he will be traveling to London for the 2012 Summer Olympics where he will be working for NBC. He is a huge sports fan and also vice-president of his Fraternity.

Josh Wetmore

Josh is a senior in the Newhouse School at Syracuse University. He has spent the last three and a half years working as a Producer and Sports Analyst at CitrusTV. Josh has a passion for sports and plans on going into TV production and video editing after college.

Alexandra Hitzler

Alexandra is a junior at Syracuse University and is working towards a bachelor’s degree in Newspaper Journalism. She currently covers city news for the Daily Orange and hopes to continue to cover similar topics at an urban newspaper after graduation. She is excited to be able to contribute to The Stand this semester.

Aaron Pelc

Aaron is a senior newspaper journalism major at Syracuse University with minors in religion & society and music history & cultures. After a semester of writing for Bentley-Hall music magazines as an intern, he looks forward to a different kind of reporting with The Stand that can hopefully serve the South Side community well.

Candace J. Dunkley

Candace is a graduate student at Syracuse University and is working towards a Masters degree in Broadcast Digital Journalism. Her love for writing and entertainment has allowed her to intern at places like 9WSYR’s morning show Bridge Street and WVOX Radio in her hometown, New Rochelle, NY. Candace loves writing for numerous news mediums such as broadcast, print, and online. She also enjoys reading and writing poetry. Candace is proud to join the Stand in order to tell the stories of people from the South Side of Syracuse.

Amber Brenza

Amber Brenza is currently a Magazine, Newspaper and Online journalism graduate student at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Prior to her graduate studies at SU, Amber graduated from Ithaca College in 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in writing. Aside from writing and reporting, her other interests include: health, psychology, cooking, and exercise, as well as watching television shows and movies, and reading.

Lena Budd

Lena is a senior at Syracuse University. After switching majors eight times, she finally decided to study Photojournalism and English Textual Studies, both of which are passions of hers. A Rochester native, she is interested in working beyond the SU hill helping out in the city of Syracuse, which is similar to her home community. She has interned with the City of Rochester developing a comprehensive youth engagement work program, developing a city beautification plan and worked as a photographer for The Wedge, a Rochester community newspaper, much like The Stand.

Christina Levin

Christina is a senior studying political science, sociology, and newspaper & online journalism at Syracuse University. She’s interned for political watchdog groups like Common Cause, Democracy Matters and the Syracuse Peace Council. While taking a semester abroad in London, Christina also interned at a think tank/childcare campaign called Daycare Trust. Originally from Ukraine, she enjoys coffee, culture, debate, social and political justice, news, board games and movie nights with friends and family.

Camille Bautista

Camille is currently a graduate student at Syracuse University in the Magazine, Newspaper and Online Journalism program. She was an editorial intern and contributing writer for the Queens Courier and El Correo, community-based newspapers of Queens, N.Y. in 2010. In 2011 she worked as a news intern at WABC-TV’s Eyewitness News consumer segment, 7 On Your Side. She is very excited to be a part of The Stand, hoping to contribute to the community and learn along the way.

Sistina Giordano

Sistina hails from Sault Ste. Marie Ontario, Canada, and is currently a graduate student at Syracuse University in the Magazine, Newspaper and Online Journalism master’s program. She graduated from Syracuse University in 2005 with a bachelor of fine arts in theater and spent the last six years working and living as an actress in New York City. Through her experiences, Sistina discovered a passion for writing and an interest in community journalism leading her back to the Central New York area. Sistina is happy to be back in Syracuse and is looking forward to working with The Stand this upcoming year.

Laura Liera

Laura is a senior newspaper major at Syracuse University. I was born in Mexico but I am a California girl at heart. I moved across the country to study in 2010 and knew I was making the right choice for my career. I come from an agriculture working family and I am proud to say that my parents are field workers, because although they don’t speak English they have taught me and my sisters to work hard and never give up. I enjoy cooking Mexican food but I also enjoy baking and experimenting in the kitchen. In the future, I hope I have the opportunity to work at The New York Times and be a part of a newspaper with so much history and legacy.

Mitchell Franz

Mitchell is currently studying photography at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. The Yoakum, Texas native transferred from Victoria College in Victoria, Texas fall of 2009. He has freelanced or worked as a staffer for various clients such as Yoakum Herald-Times, Victoria Advocate, Hochheim Prairie Insurance Company, Double D Ranchwear and others. Currently Mitchell works on various projects, assignments and contributes for The Daily Orange, TheNewsHouse.com, Equal Time Magazine, The Stand and 20 Watts.

Heather Anne Wentz

Heather is a senior newspaper journalism major at Syracuse University and a member of the SU women’s lacrosse team. She is a lead producer for The NewsHouse and the city page beat writer for The Daily Orange. This past summer, she interned at Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia on the website team, and she is very excited to start writing for The Stand.

Safa Browne

Safa is currently a senior at Syracuse University, dual majoring in Newspaper Journalism and Business Management. She hopes to work as a reporter for a newspaper publication after she graduates. Safa has recently interned in London, England as an assisting editor for the Liberal Democrats News as well as attended the National Association of Black Journalist Convention this past summer. She looks forward to working on The Stand and gaining more writing experience.

Durrie Bouscaren

Originally from Fort Collins, Colorado, Durrie is a junior broadcast journalism and international relations major at Syracuse University. She is also a campus tour guide, writer for WAER News and a summer intern for Syracuse’s News Channel 9 WSYR.

Allison Milligan

Allison graduated from NYU with a BA in Literacy Education. After graduation, she worked as a program coordinator for the Visual Literacy Program in Accra, Ghana and then served as the Assistant Director of Admissions at the Ross School in East Hampton, NY. She is currently a M.S. candidate in Photography at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. She enjoys photography, travel, family and running.

Peter Caty

Peter is currently a photojournalism graduate student at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. He was born in Ann Arbor Michigan and grew up in Watertown, Mass. and Buffalo. He graduated from Fairfield University with a B.A. in Politics and Journalism in 2011. While at Fairfield, he worked as the Photo Editor and Editor-in-chief for the University’s independent student newspaper and was a freelance photographer for the Fairfield Minuteman, the Westport Minuteman, The Connecticut Post, The Stamford Advocate and the Fairfield University Public Relations department.