Annabelle Rosse was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She has moved eight places across the U.S. and has met people from many interesting backgrounds. She is a junior and a staff reporter for the Hawk Talk. This is her second year...

Eva Ponos was born in Falls Church, Virginia and is currently a senior. She is a member of the Varsity Dance Team at Madison, and was a part of the team that competed in the final round of the National Dance Team Championship, for th...

Luke Kurcina is a junior at Madison and a Staff Reporter with the Hawk Talk. He is also involved with Madison's Student Government Association as the Junior Class President. He has played piano for eight years and is an avid coffee...

Daniel Holtaway was born in Fairfax, Virginia. He is currently a junior, and this is his first year on the Hawk Talk. He is working as a staff reporter this year. Outside of school Daniel enjoys creating short videos, and work...

Aidan Jones was born in Reston, Virginia and has lived in Vienna, Virginia for his whole life. He is a sophomore at James Madison High School and this is his first year on The Hawk Talk as a staff reporter. When he is not report...

Sylvia Dixon was born in Chicago, Illinois and is currently a junior. This is her first year on the Hawk Talk staff and she is a Staff Reporter. Outside of the Hawk Talk, Sylvia spends most of her time playing travel volleyball....

Claire Moeser was born in Scottsdale, Arizona and is currently a junior. This is her first year on the Hawk Talk, and she is a Staff Reporter. She is on the varsity volleyball team and is a class representative in student gover...

Anna Long was born in Columbia, South Carolina, she moved to Vienna, Virginia when she was nine years old. She is now a sophomore at James Madison High School and this is her first year with the Hawk Talk. Anna was on the JV c...

Elizabeth Casto was born in Fairfax, Virginia and she is currently a sophomore at Madison High School. Elizabeth took Journalism 1 as a freshman, and is now a staff reporter for The Hawk Talk. In addition to writing for the new...

Callie was born in Washington, DC, and moved to Fairfax when she was four. She is currently a junior and this is her first year writing for the Hawk Talk. Apart from the Hawk Talk, Callie is on the Debate Team, in the French ...

Adam Miller was born in West Jordan, Utah, and has lived most of his life in Arizona. He is a Junior and this year’s Community Editor. He is part of the school orchestra and enjoys making music, playing video games, and workin...

Mia Pisani was born in Fairfax, Virginia. She is a junior and this is her second year as a Lifestyle Editor for the Hawk Talk. In addition to writing for the Hawk Talk, she plays lacrosse and field hockey at Madison. She loves ch...

Kirsten Carl was born in Fairfax, Virginia, and is currently a junior. This is her second year on staff as a Lifestyle Editor, after completing Journalism I her freshman year. She is a Varsity member of Madison Dance Team, and comp...

Naarada Samarasinghe was born in Annandale, Virginia and is currently a junior. Within James Madison High School, he’s a part of the Speech and Debate Club along with the Computer Science Honor Society. In his free time, Naar...

Erin McCormick was born in Alexandria, Virginia. She is a junior and one of the Entertainment Editors, as a freshman she took Journalism 1 and as a sophomore she was a News Editor. This is her second year on the Hawk Talk. Outside ...

Sonia Samantaroy was born in Fairfax, Virginia and is a junior. She was a News Editor her sophomore year and in Journalism 1 the year prior to that. She is excited to be a Features Editor this year. Sonia has played soccer since f...

Bridget Levesque was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico and is currently a senior. She joined The Hawk Talk during her sophomore year as a staff reporter, and became one of the Entertainment Editors her junior year. This year, she...

Connor was born in Fairfax, Virginia, and lived in Reston before moving to Vienna in 2011. He is currently a sophomore at Madison. He is an avid D.C. sports fan, and when he’s not watching sports you can find him playing soccer...

Mehru Adnan was born in Reston, Virginia and is currently a senior at Madison. She is a news editor and this is her first year on staff. Mehru has lived in both Northern Virginia and Dubai and is passionate about travel, film, ...

Aida was born in Fairfax, Virginia and is currently a junior. She joined the Hawk Talk as a sophomore, taking the role of Business Manager. This year she is a News Editor. Outside of the Hawk Talk, Aida sprints for the Madison Tr...

Madison Dietrich was born in Silver Spring, Maryland and is currently a junior. After serving as a business manager last year, she is now a News Editor. Outside of the Hawk Talk, Madison enjoys reading, playing with her famil...

Ethan Qin was born in Reston, Virginia and is currently a junior at Madison. This is his 2nd year on the staff and is an In-Depth Editor this year. He was a staff reporter last year. Outside of The Hawk Talk, Ethan coaches yo...

Joshua Brown was born in Arlington, Virginia and is currently a junior at Madison. After taking Journalism 1 as a freshman, he served as a Sports Editor in his sophomore year. This year he is excited to serve as an In-Depth Editor....

Jillian Geib was born in Redondo Beach, California and is currently a senior at Madison. Outside of The Hawk Talk, Jillian spends a lot of her time playing lacrosse and running, as she has been a member of both the Varsity Lacrosse...

Rachel Schlueter was born in Atlanta, GA and is a junior at Madison. As a freshman, she took Journalism I and served as an In-Depth editor for The Hawk Talk during her sophomore year. This year Rachel is an opinion editor and...

Sophie Shayne was born in Washington D.C. and is currently a senior. She is the Editor-in-Chief for The Hawk Talk this year after previously being the Business Manager and Sports Editor. Outside of the newspaper, she is a memb...

Krutika was born in Irvine, California and is currently a senior at Madison. She has previously been the News and In-Depth editor for The Hawk Talk, and is excited to be an Editor-in-Chief this year. Krutika grew up in India ...

Katie Bartlett was born in San Antonio, Texas and is currently a senior. She lived in Africa for six years before moving to Vienna just in time for her first year of high school. After taking Journalism 1 in freshman year, she joined ...

Christina Luckett was born in Fairfax, Virginia, and is a senior at Madison. After joining The Hawk Talk staff her sophomore year as a News Editor, she went on to serve as a Print Editor-in-Chief her junior year. This year, she...