YIJA TEAM
Penny Coleman
Penny is a junior at Free State and is a reporter on the journalism staff. She went to Southwest Middle School and is excited to watch her program grow, and hopes teaching independent journalism will encourage kids to take action on things they're passionate about.
President and Founder
Grace Mosconi
Grace, a junior at Free State, is the News Co-Editor-in-Chief. She went to St. John’s middle school. Grace is excited to expand journalism and improve media literacy.
Vice President
Stella Dorssom
Stella is a junior at Free State and is the News and Online Managing Editor. She went to West Middle School and is excited to share the importance of journalism with our next generation of journalism!
Secretary
Kyla Meikle
Kyla is a junior at Free State and the Managing Editor on the journalism staff. he went to West Middle School and is looking forward to working with middle schoolers and seeing their projects.
Director of Communications
Thurston Saint Onge
Thurston is a junior at Lawrence High and went to Central Middle School. He is a design editor for the yearbook and the Design Editor for the budget. He is looking forward to inspiring middle schoolers and giving them opportunities to build on their interests!
Co-Social Media Chair
Tessa Sanders
Tessa is a junior at Lawrence High and went to Billy Mills Middle School. She is a Design Editor for the yearbook and News Co-Editor-in-Chief. She is excited to connect with the journalism community and help teach and learn with others who have similar goals as her.
Co-Social Media Chair
Harper Finck
Harper is a senior at Free State and went to West Middle School. She is a designer and is excited to share her love of journalism with younger people in her community.
Co-Website Manager
Claire Lindemyer
Claire is a senior at Lawrence High and is the Online Newspaper Editor-in-Chief. She went to Central Middle School and looks forward to giving middle schoolers a space to thrive in journalism.
Co-Website Manager
Liam Christian
Alaina Shipley
Manha Ossen
Heidi Anderson
Finley Aiken
Winry Eymard
Brooklynn Gurss
Collette Colvin
Hannah Kimball
Cooper Stoetzner
Maya Wuthrich
Leona Randall
A sophomore at Free State, Liam is a reporter. He went to Prairie Moon Waldorf School for middle school.
Cooper is a junior at Free State and does design. He went to West Middle School and is looking forward to helping middle school students.