The Student News Site of Walt Whitman High School

The Black and White
The Student News Site of Walt Whitman High School

The Black and White
The Student News Site of Walt Whitman High School

The Black and White

2025-2026 Staff

Online Editor-in-Chief

Maria Garcia-Musalem
Print Editor-in-Chief

Katja Treadwell
Online Managing Editor

Fiona Graham
Online Managing Editor

Landon Heuer
Online Managing Editor

Rishith Alimchandani
Print Managing Editor

Camilla Fan
Print Managing Editor

Elana Snyder
Lead Opinion Editor

Asha Tallapragada
Lead Feature Editor

Cate Cirivello
Lead News Analysis Editor

Ella Kotelanski
Lead Spot News Editor

Bailey Han
Lead Sports Feature Editor

Kavi Varma
Lead Sports Game Editor

Kavya Rajani
Multimedia Director

Emma Foscarini
Copy Editor

Lucas Duffy
Copy Editor

Phoebe Gordon
Pressbox Director/Fact Checker/Rutabaga Editor-in-Chief

Benjamin Levy
Opinion Editor

Julia Cerione
Opinion Editor

Gavin Herman
Opinion Editor

Simon Llanos
Feature Editor

Noah Bloom
Feature Editor

Hannah Mullins
Feature Editor

Cassidy Lewin
News Editor

Allegra Bai
News Editor

Shahmeer Ali
Sports Editor

Olivia Pizarro
Sports Editor

Ainsley Hollis
Opinion Writer

Dinah Elias
Opinion Writer

Zara Madhok
Opinion Writer

Maya Rampulla
Opinion Writer

John John Magruder
Opinion Writer

Juliet Turatti
Opinion Writer

Sidney Ostrow
Opinion Writer

Lucy Donnan
Opinion Writer

Rachel Regan
Opinion Writer

Charles Penn
Opinion Writer

Annabel Taylor
Opinion Writer

Marta Marques
Feature Writer

Roan Canny
Feature Writer

Claire Milhollin
Feature Writer

Annie Mershon
Feature Writer

Aspen Chu
Feature Writer

Fenella Howard
Feature Writer

Mehmet Masatlioglu
Feature Writer

Catherine Houton
Feature Writer

Anushkka Shukla
Feature Writer

Hayden Hong
Feature Writer

Kaitlyn Garett
Feature Writer

Eden Gilmore
News Writer

Daniel Antonioli
News Writer

Caroline Beard
News Writer

Isabella Serrano Berthet
News Writer

Ashley Schreiber
News Writer

Leo Moseman
News Writer

Seva Gandhi
News Writer

Ruth Hailu
News Writer

Dante La Guardia
News Writer

Ellie Xu
Sports Writer

Maya Defty
Sports Writer

Rafe Gonzalez
Sports Writer

Harrison Shear
Sports Writer

Lucas Bloomberg
Sports Writer

Theodore Dupree
Sports Writer

Junnosuke Cavallo
Sports Writer

Max Wolf
Senior Columnist

Leo Pelmoter
Senior Columnist

Vitaly Sokolov
Senior Columnist

Macy Scharpf
Senior Columnist

Stella Bleiweis
Multimedia

Mattie Oliver
Multimedia

Erica LeBlanc
Multimedia

Della McCahill
Multimedia

Chloe Cerione
Communications Director

Grace Miller
Business Manager

Earta Brahj
Graphics Head

Brooke Philibin
Print Graphics Artist/Photo Director

Gwen Joffre
Production Head

Rachel Robin
Online Graphics Artist/Photojournalist

Chris Lindstrom
Online Graphics Artist

Amy Xun
Online Graphics Artist

Alessandra Bancroft
Print Graphics Artist

Calvin Chang
Print Graphics Artist

Nisan Naz Kutlukaya
Print Graphics Artist

Olivia Zhao
Photojournalist

Rajorshi Basu
Photojournalist

Mia McBrady
Photojournalist

Annie Rivers