Bridgette Fox is the written managing editor for the Northern Star. She is a senior majoring in English and minoring in anthropology. Bridgette is also a member of NIU's chapter of the International English Honor Society (Sigma...

Joey Trella is the Digital Managing Editor at the Northern Star. She is a senior working towards a Bachelor of Science in Journalism with a double minor in communications and political science. Joey joined Northern Star in February...

Brynn Krug is a copy editor at the Northern Star. She is a freshman majoring in communications with a minor in journalism. She joined the Northern Star in Fall 2022. In her free time, she enjoys listening to music, watching movies...

Michael Mollsen (he/him) is a junior majoring in journalism and minoring in history. He is a senior news reporter at the Northern Star who joined in the spring of 2023 and covers campus safety. In his free time, Michael enjoys...

Rachel Cormier is a news reporter at the Northern Star. She is an English major with a creative writing focus and a journalism minor. Rachel is also the vice-president of the NIU Fencing Club as well as vice-president of Kappa...

Ethan Gonzales is the sports editor and a podcast host for the Northern Star. He is a junior transfer student at NIU majoring in sport management. He covers NIU’s women’s soccer and men’s basketball teams.

Alex Crowe covers NIU Hockey and is the assistant sports editor for the Northern Star. He is a senior transfer student at NIU majoring in journalism and minoring in sports journalism. Outside of the Star, he plays for the NIU...

Angelina Padilla-Tompkins is a senior majoring in communications minoring in journalism. Originally from Washington, Illinois, Angelina joined the Northern Star in January 2022 as an opinion columnist. Angelina hopes to move south,...

Lucy Atkinson is an opinion columnist at the Northern Star. She is a sophomore at NIU majoring in journalism with hopes to minor in environmental studies or non-profit organization. This is her first year at the Northern Star....

Sarah Rose is a lifestyle writer at the Northern Star. She is majoring in political science and double minoring in english and economics. Sarah enjoys thrifting, sleeps too little and reads too much.

Zachary Bertram is the senior sports reporter at the Northern Star. He joined the Northern Star in September 2022. He is a junior journalism major with a minor in English. He is from Tinley Park, Illinois, and transferred to NIU...

Emily Beebe is a sophomore studying English and double minoring in political science and history. She joined the Northern Star in February 2023 as an opinion columnist. In her free time, she likes to read, write and go shopping....

Joseph Howerton is a junior communications major and is minoring in digital media production. He has been apart of the Northern Star as a news reporter since October 2022 and covers the Board of Trustees. Between his work at...

Kaitlyn is a news reporter for the Northern Star. She is a first-year majoring in journalism. When not writing for the Northern Star, Kaitlyn spends most of her time watching TV and consuming media. She hopes to pursue a career...

Skyler Kisellus is a junior accountancy major and a sports reporter at the Northern Star. Once a "Florida Man" for 16 years, Skyler joined the Star in Fall 2021 as a sports reporter and became the assistant sports editor shortly...

Caleb Johnson (they/them) is currently a news reporter for the Northern Star, covering Greek Life on campus. They are a junior majoring in linguistic anthropology, with minors in LGBTQ+ studies and journalism. They are also...

Kristen Aragon is a junior majoring in communicative disorders and doubling minoring in deafness and family and child studies. Kristen joined the Northern Star in August 2022 as copy editor. She is also a part of Sigma Sigma Sigma...