True North Team

Naomi Stock
Naomi Stock
Editor-in-chief

Naomi Stock is a senior with a double major in journalism and public communications and international studies. También está estudiando español. Her dream job is to be an international correspondent, traveling around the world to write, report, and rock climb. Naomi is the spring 2022 reporting intern for the Anchorage Daily News. 

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David Riley
David Riley

David Riley is a journalism and public communications major and a member of the men’s basketball team. He is a writer and staff member for the True North 2022 edition.

David Harding
David Harding

David Harding is a senior year student at UAA who will graduate this semester with a bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Public Communications. He’s also been a news reporter, and video editor, for the student-run news source “The Northern Light” since Fall 2021.

Charlotte Flynn
Charlotte Flynn
Design Director

Charlotte Flynn is a senior in the journalism and public communications program at UAA. After graduation she hopes to further her education and pursue a career in the strategic communication field. She also enjoys the outdoors, traveling, and music.

Keegan Crosby
Keegan Crosby

Keegan Crosby is a member of the men’s basketball team and is on track to graduate in May 2022 with a bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Public Communications. He is excited to be a part of the Truth North magazine staff and looks forward to keeping the members of UAA entertained with our magazine.

Hailey Barnes
Hailey Barnes

Hailey Barnes is a 22-year-old Journalism and Public Communication student. She is a first-time staff member at the True North publication. She loves telling a good story to anyone who will listen. She enjoys traveling, and her favorite spot thus far has been Reykjavík, Iceland.

 

Northern Inspiration

Marc Sherman
Marc Sherman

Marc Sherman is a writer and digital content creator who enjoys telling stories through a variety of formats and perspectives. He loves adventuring and traveling and is looking forward to a trip to Hawaii later this year.

Amy Bioff
Amy Bioff
Design Director & Photographer

Amy Bioff is a junior studying Journalism and Public Communications. She grew up in Nome and in her free time enjoys working with cameras and creating any type of multimedia content.

Callum Toohey
Callum Toohey

Callum Toohey is a student of journalism and public communications at UAA and completed a minor in mathematics. This is his first time reporting for the True North publication.

Jeremiah Robinson
Jeremiah Robinson

Jeremiah Robinson is a Journalism and Public Communications major in his third year at UAA serving as True North’s Copy Editor. He is a member of the university AFROTC program with ambitions to serve in Special Operations as a Combat Rescue Officer or a Tactical Air Control Party Officer, if all else fails he hopes to serve as a Public Affairs Officer when he graduates next spring.

 

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Ellis Barnett
Ellis Barnett
Illustrator

Ellis Barnett is a senior Bachelor of Fine Arts major and illustrator based in Palmer. They specialize in figurative art with an emphasis on character design. They work in a variety of mediums such as digital, pen & ink, graphite, and paint. Born and raised in Alaska, they are passionate about making art that is informed by their environment and that explores interpersonal and internal tensions. When not working on their art, they are either cooking elaborate meals with their partner or at work as a bookseller at the independent bookstore Fireside Books.

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Hevendemo
Freelance Illustrator

Hevendemo is a freelance illustrator. View her work on Instagram.

Paola Banchero

Professor and internship director

Paola Banchero joined the Department of Journalism and Public Communications in 2004. She is always astounded at how students rally to the challenge of producing a magazine in one semester. A good day for her starts with a run, moves on to good coffee and a great magazine, lots of dog and cat cuddles, and ends with a film.