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![Aidan Peck](https://carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Aidan-Peck-3-150x150.jpg)
Aidan Peck
Peck is a senior broadcast journalism major, with a minor in film, at the University of South Carolina. He grew up the youngest of four boys in New Jersey. As a teen, he worked in the heart of Philadelphia. Fascinated with production and entertainment, Peck spends much of his time watching and discussing films with the Columbia Nickelodeon Theater Community.
0 Posts![Alexandra Tudor](https://carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ProfilePic_TudorA-150x150.png)
Alexandra Tudor
Tudor is a senior journalism major at the University of South Carolina. She has worked in corporate communications in Switzerland and the United States. Tudor is interested in politics and aspires to be an investigative political reporter.
5 Posts![Alexis Gilfillan](https://carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Alexis-Gilfillan-1-150x150.jpg)
Alexis Gilfillan
Gilfillan is a senior broadcast journalism major at the University of South Carolina. She's a sports reporter and producer for Student Gamecock Television. She plans to become a sports reporter. Her interests include watching sports, working out and spending time at the beach.
0 Posts![Amanda Petty](https://carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/amandapetty-150x150.jpg)
Amanda Petty
Petty is a junior journalism and political science major from Duncan, South Carolina. She has worked in various roles across USC’s student-run media, including as the arts and culture editor for The Daily Gamecock. She worked last summer as an intern at one of South Carolina's Michelin facilities. She is interested in reporting on politics, the environment, music and art.
9 Posts![Brianna Rao](https://carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Brianna-Rao-2-150x150.jpg)
Brianna Rao
Rao is a senior broadcast journalism major minoring in law and society. She interned with WUSA’s Get Up D.C. morning team as an AP producer during summer 2023 and produced part time for WLTX-19 in Columbia, South Carolina, during fall 2023. Rao is an avid crocheter and crochet content creator, with more than 63,000 Tik Tok followers.
0 Posts![David Newcomb](https://carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/David-Newcomb-3-150x150.jpg)
David Newcomb
Newcomb is a senior broadcast journalism major with a cognate in business, hailing from Lynchburg, VA. Specializing in play-by-play commentary, he channels his passion for sports into compelling narratives. Outside the studio, David's dedicates his free time to DJing and music creation.
0 Posts![Elizabeth Martinez](https://carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/thumbnail_Image-e1705084183190-150x150.jpg)
Elizabeth Martinez
Martinez is a senior broadcast major with a minor in political science. She previously anchored and reported for the student-run Student Gamecock Television. Her interests include politics, art, travel and anything that helps show off her organizational skills.
3 Posts![Emmy Ribero](https://carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/emeliaribero-150x150.jpg)
Emmy Ribero
Ribero is a junior at the University of South Carolina majoring in multimedia journalism and political science. She is interning at The Nerve, an investigative publication in Columbia that focuses on South Carolina politics. She also has been involved with the student-run newspaper, The Daily Gamecock, for three years, spending the past two semesters as news editor.
10 Posts![Erin Parrott](https://carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Erin-Parrott-4-150x150.jpg)
Erin Parrott
Parrott is a junior at the University of South Carolina majoring in broadcast journalism. She is an intern for FITSNews, writing sports articles, and plans to become a sports or crime reporter. Her interests include going to the gym and spending days at Lake Murray with friends and family.
0 Posts![Eva Flowe](https://carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/EvaFlowe-150x150.jpg)
Eva Flowe
Flowe is a junior multimedia journalism and education student at the University of South Carolina. She has worked as the student government beat writer and state and local government beat writer at the student-run publication, The Daily Gamecock. She freelances for The (Charleston) Post and Courier-affiliated Free Times in Columbia.
8 Posts![Giovanni Loperfido](https://carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Giovanni-Loperfido-2-150x150.jpg)
Giovanni Loperfido
Giovanni is a senior broadcast journalism major at the University of South Carolina. He was selected to participate in a nine-week educational program at KYW-1060 news radio in Philadelphia, where he produced his own standalone segment. He interned at the WFPG-96.9 radio station in Northfield, New Jersey. His goal is to become a play-by-play commentator for the NHL.
0 Posts![Jocelyn Dussault](https://carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Untitled-22-1-150x150.jpg)
Jocelyn Dussault
Dussault is a senior journalism major at USC. She spent four months in Barcelona, Spain, studying Media and Conflicts in Europe. All of her work is dedicated to her mother, Mary Dussault, who suffers from multiple sclerosis and is the reason Dussault is becoming a journalist.
10 Posts![Joshua Voorhees](https://carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Joshua-Voorhees-2-150x150.jpg)
Joshua Voorhees
Voorhees is a senior broadcast journalism major out of Atlanta, Georgia. He previously interned at ABC Columbia News where he covered sports. He graduates in May and hopes to get a job in the broadcast or business field.
0 Posts![Kiki Gushue](https://carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Virginia-Kiki-Gushue-3-150x150.jpg)
Kiki Gushue
Gushue is a junior studying broadcast journalism at the University of South Carolina. Her hometown is Baltimore, Maryland. She's interested in investigative work, human rights violations, and crime. She produced a podcast highlighting women's experiences in the media industry.
0 Posts![Lauren Larsen](https://carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/laurenlarsen-150x150.jpg)
Lauren Larsen
Larsen is a junior journalism major with a political science minor at the University of South Carolina. She has written several articles for the student-run Daily Gamecock newspaper. She manages public relations for the university's Admissions Student Council and social media for Barstool Sports SEC accounts. She interned on the digital desk at The Buffalo News in summer 2023.
11 Posts![Michael Herring](https://carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Michael-Herring-4-150x150.jpg)
Michael Herring
Herring is a senior broadcasting journalism major with a sports media concentration. She worked in Fall 2023 as a sports intern for ABC Columbia. She enjoys attending sports events and trying new coffee shops.
0 Posts![Mingo Martin](https://carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/EdwinMartin-150x150.jpg)
Mingo Martin
Martin is a junior multimedia journalism major with a minor in business administration. He is from Columbia, South Carolina, and is interested in sports writing and storytelling.
11 Posts![Rachel Manning](https://carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Rachel-Manning-1-150x150.jpg)
Rachel Manning
Manning is a senior broadcast journalism major from with a concentration in sports media. She has an ambition to succeed in content creation and live TV production. Manning interned with the Wareham Gatemen baseball team this summer as a producer and videographer, and she reports and produces for the sports branch of Student Gamecock Television.
2 Posts![Ren Pusher](https://carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/RenCropped-150x150.jpg)
Ren Pusher
Pusher is a junior journalism major, minoring in hotel, restaurant, and tourism management at the University of South Carolina. She's a South Carolina native who plans to become a travel journalist. She closely follows travel journalism and is always looking for her next adventure.
9 Posts![Riley Edenbeck](https://carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/rileyedenbeck-1-150x150.jpg)
Riley Edenbeck
Edenbeck is a senior journalism major at the University of South Carolina. She is a managing editor of USC's student-run newspaper, The Daily Gamecock, where she has covered local news and culture for three years. She enjoys data, economic and business reporting, and she hopes to be a business journalist at a national publication.
8 Posts![Sarah Craft](https://carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Sarah-Craft-3-150x150.jpg)
Sarah Craft
Craft is a junior broadcast journalism major who's in the University of South Carolina's Honors College. She has worked as a part-time producer for Columbia's WIS-TV, a news director for the WUSC radio station, a student writer for the Honors College and a public relations specialist for Allied Therapeutic Services in central Virginia. Her goal is to become an international journalist.
5 Posts![Shamariah Vanderhorst](https://carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ShamariahVanderhorst-150x150.jpg)
Shamariah Vanderhorst
Vanderhorst is a junior at the University of South Carolina, double-majoring in journalism and English literature. She's an opinion writer for the Daily Gamecock. In her spare time, she teaches English and studies Korean.
9 Posts![Stephen Enright Jr.](https://carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/stephenenright2-150x150.jpg)
Stephen Enright Jr.
Enright is a senior digital journalism major with a minor in political science at the University of South Carolina. He is from Powdersville, South Carolina. He is interested in reporting on how politics and government policies affect sports teams. He reads political news articles and Southern literature in his free time. His favorite author is William Faulkner.
10 Posts![Thomas Cooper](https://carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Thomas-Cooper-1-150x150.jpg)
Thomas Cooper
Cooper is a senior studying broadcast journalism at the University of South Carolina. He has done play-by-play on a broad variety of athletics, working with Student Gamecock Television and through classes at the university. He hopes to use his broadcast skills to be the lead voice for a sports team.
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