Skyler Blair: Executive Editor

Skyler Blair is a print journalism major at Cal State Fullerton and has had a passion for writing and reporting since freshmen year in high school. He is excited to be at the helm of the distinguished Daily Titan for the fall semester. He first began as a staff writer for the Daily Titan and aside from reporting news, features and opinion found a niche in the Detour section of the DT and became the Arts and Entertainment editor the following semester. Currently, Skyler is also contributing to University Link Magazine and enjoying  some blogging on the side. He hopes to bring the Daily Titan to the forefront of digital news reporting and investigative journalism before graduating in the spring.

Monzerrath Gonzalez: Managing Editor

After surviving a semester as a staff reporter for the Daily Titan, Monze decided that she was ready and willing to come back to the paper and work hard in order to help it improve. Monze is double majoring in Chicana/o Studies and Print Journalism, and is currently a senior. She was an intern for The Orange County Register and previously won the “Best News Reporter” award for the Daily Titan. Monze enjoys making up songs, eating bacon, going to concerts, and eating more bacon. She hopes to write for a newspaper or magazine in the future.

Sergio Cavaruvias: News Editor

‘Every beginning is an end,’ is a quote Sergio Cabaruvias considered when he was named News Editor of the Daily Titan. Fall semester will mark the beginning of his final year at Cal State Fullerton, will be the end of his school-age choices; having decided both English and Journalism as his majors, found that he always wants to write, begun to learn to write, started freelancing for magazines and music blogs, and achieved a respectable GPA (so far,) he has no major decisions left to make before graduating. He is considering working as a freelance writer for varying magazines and papers; a professor of rhetoric at some remote, dusty hill college; or a green, money-hoarding mole that lives beneath Knott’s Berry Farm. As with anything, each has its merits and faults.

Jeremiah Magan: Opinion Editor

Jeremiah is a senior print journalism major. He is currently the Daily Titan Opinion Editor and former Tusk Magazine Editor in Chief. Before attending CSUF, he was a student at Fullerton Community College where he wrote and edited the schools publications: The Hornet and Torch Magazine. For a short time he freelanced for the OC Register as a blogger in the now-defunct College Life blog. In his free time he enjoys playing hockey, smoking cigarettes and sleeping, in that order. He hopes to one day to work as a syndicated columnist and film critic.

Christine Amarantus: Features Editor

When not plundering a comic book or anime convention, roaming the Renaissance faire in full costume, carting around gear for a heavy metal band, or lurching through Hollywood plastered in zombie make-up, Christine is trying to be a good, little, well-behaved journalism major. Alongside spending a couple years on a “Rocky Horror Picture Show” cast, she did time as an editor-in-chief for both Long Beach City College’s award-winning Viking Newspaper and its City Magazine while pulling occasional stints throughout the Los Angeles blogosphere. Though Christine has received numerous accolades for writing and page design from the Journalism Association of Community Colleges, this half-Filipino, half-Italian SoCal native has not made any post-graduation plans yet.

Simon Liang: Asst. Sports Editor

Simon Liang is a junior Journalism major who is also minoring in Business. His column “Think Different, Think Simon” has been running since his freshman year. This past spring semester he was a sports production intern at KCBS/KCAL. During his time as an intern, he met numerous players from the Dodgers and Lakers. On the side he also writes for University Link Magazine. He strives to one day write for ESPN or work for an NBA team. His favorite quote is, “Go big or go home.”

Ashleigh Johnson: Copy Editor

Ashleigh Johnson grew up on the mean streets of Aliso Viejo, where she perfected the art of loudly quoting movies to no one in particular at inappropriate times. She attended Saddleback College for a few years where she was the opinion editor for The Lariat. Eventually she transferred to CSUF as a journalism major, where she became the copy chief for Tusk magazine.

Rachel David: Copy Editor

Rachel David is an English major who graduated with a B.A. from CSUF in May 2009 and who is preparing to start her first semester of graduate school. She transferred from Fullerton College where she has worked as a teacher’s assistant for an English professor for three-and-a-half years. After grading papers for years and putting out her own zine, Rachel decided to offer up her experience to the Daily Titan staff. Her life goal, besides meeting and marrying Johnny Depp, is to write for a travel magazine where she can combine her two loves: travel and writing. She also loves Pee-Chee folders, typewriters, Polaroid pictures, all types of cereal, bracelets, her family, camping, kayaking and reading, among other things.

Anne Beck: Multimedia Editor

Anne is double majoring in Broadcast Journalism and Dance. She previously worked as a staff reporter for the Daily Titan. Anne aspires to be like Lisa Ling or Diane Sawyer and wants to find awesome human interest stories to tell the world. She loves ice cream, coloring, dancing, and movies in no particular order and wishes for world peace. Someday she will write a book on fuzzy bunnies.

Derek Opina: Multimedia Editor

Derek is a proud Broadcast Journalism student in his 4th year at CSUF. A hard and diligent worker, Derek currently interns for CBS2/KCAL9 Sports. Derek hopes to bring his market experience to the multimedia department in his first year with the Daily Titan. Derek loves the Lakers and soccer and hopes to be a sports caster in Los Angeles some day. He loves Frozen Yogurt with Reese’s Peanut Butter topping, Rocky Road Ice Cream, playing soccer or basketball till his body is too tired to go on, cooking, lifting weights, Batman, Super Smash Bros, the top part of muffins, Spoken Word Poetry and Improvisational Comedy. Occasionally you will hear him be called, “D-RoK,” which has a story behind it and he’d be glad to tell you in person ^_^

Todd Barnes: Photo Editor

Todd Barnes is in his senior year at CSUF and will be graduating this spring. He has three years of experience in journalism culminating in a first place “on the spot” news photo at the 2008 Journalism Association of Community Colleges. He has also worked as the photo editor for The Coast Report at Orange Coast College, completed 150 hours as a photojournalism intern for The Daily Pilot in Costa Mesa, as well as working as staff photographer for the Daily Titan.

Shruti Patel: Photo Editor

Shruti Patel is a senior double majoring in communications with emphasis in photo journalism and print journalism and American studies with a minor in business entrepreneurship at Cal State Fullerton. Coming from Indian descent, she has a love of cooking and entertaining. On her free time, she loves to read and spend time with her friends either hanging out or taking pictures of them. She has been the photo editor for the Tusk magazine at Cal State Fullerton and interned with a small production company in Fullerton. Eventually she would like to work for a magazine after getting her masters degree in journalism.

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