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Joey Trella

Joey Trella, Marketing Team Coordinator

Joey Trella 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 2022 and has had numerous positions at the star: Volunteer News Reporter, Paginator, Opinion Editor, Digital Managing Editor and now is the Marketing Team Coordinator. She is also a part of NIU’s women’s tennis team and is currently playing her final season. Joey also loves traveling around the world, pasta and cracking deaf jokes (she’s deaf with cochlear implants).

All content by Joey Trella
The words “BEST OF DEKALB 2024” float between golden brackets. Voting for the 2024 Best of DeKalb is now open. (Joey Trella | Northern Star)

[Photo] Best of DeKalb 2024 voting now open

By Angelina Padilla-Tompkins, Former Editor in Chief
February 18, 2024
Three students stand at podiums while presenting and talking. The SGA approved a resolution on Dec. 1 addressing students impacted by the Israel-Hamas war. (Joey Trella | Northern Star)

[Photo] SGA reworks Israel-Hamas statement, acknowledges students

By Brandon Clark, News Reporter
December 3, 2023
A graphic shows two images of Sexiest Man Alive award winner Patrick Dempsey. Opinion Columnist Olivia Zapf interviewed students about whether they find Dempsey sexy. (Joey Trella | Northern Star)

[Photo] Street interviews: Patrick Dempsey, hot or not?

By Olivia Zapf, Editor in Chief
November 30, 2023
Cover for '2 girls with a mic' Podcast (Graphic by Joey Trella | Northern Star)

‘2 girls with a mic’: Black Friday shopping, concert safety, and Fortnite

By Joey Trella, Sarah Rose, Alex Crowe, and Anna Scanlan
November 28, 2023
Junior guard Zarique Nutter goes for a layup in men's basketball's game against Illinois Tech on Nov. 13. Nutter posted 15 points in the Huskies' 89-67 loss to Northwestern on Monday. (Joey Trella | Northern Star)

[Photo] Men’s basketball trounced at Northwestern

By Ethan Gonzales and Zachary Bertram
November 28, 2023
Cover for '2 girls with a mic' Podcast (Graphic by Joey Trella | Northern Star)

‘2 girls with a mic’: Thanksgiving chaos

By Joey Trella, Sarah Rose, Michael Mollsen, and Anna Scanlan
November 20, 2023
A microphone and a set of headphones hang among recording equipment in the Northern Star’s recording studio. Opinion Columnist Kahlil Kambui believes shorter albums are more meaningful. (Joey Trella | Northern Star)

[Photo] Long albums ruin music

By Kahlil Kambui, Assistant News Editor
November 20, 2023
Senior forward Harvin Ibarguen shoots a free throw in a home game against the Illinois Institute of Technology. The Huskies defeated Georgia State University on Friday by a final score of 70-64. (Joey Trella | Northern Star)

[Photo] Men’s basketball wins nail-biter over Georgia State

By Zachary Bertram, Senior Sports Reporter
November 17, 2023
A graphic includes two people and kindness logos. Opinion Columnist Alberto Briones interviewed students about the late Matthew Perry. (Joey Trella | Northern Star)

[Photo] Matthew Perry remembered by students

By Alberto Briones, Opinion Columnist
November 16, 2023
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‘2 girls with a mic’: Sexiest Man Alive, ‘Avatar,’ the Grammy Awards

By Joey Trella, Sarah Rose, Emily Beebe, and Anna Scanlan
November 14, 2023
Freshman guard Will Lovings-Watts shoots a three pointer against the Illinois Institute of Technology. NIU men's basketball trounced Illinois Tech by a final score of 107-55. (Joey Trella | Northern Star)

[Photo] Men’s basketball obliterates Illinois Tech for home win

By Zachary Bertram, Senior Sports Reporter
November 14, 2023
A group of Northern Star staffers sit around a table. The Northern Star Editorial Board outlines the basics of news literacy. (Joey Trella | Northern Star)

[Photo] Editorial: ‘The truth shall bear all light,’ journalism explained

By Northern Star Editorial Board
November 12, 2023
A graphic includes two people and kindness logos. Opinion Columnist Alberto Briones interviewed students on what the kindest thing someone did for them lately. (Joey Trella | Northern Star)

[Photo] Street interviews: World Kindness Week

By Alberto Briones, Opinion Columnist
November 9, 2023
A graphic shows the schedule of Match 1 of the 2023 women's tugs tournament. The Panhellenic Council is set to host the 2023 women's tugs tournament on Wednesday and Saturday. (Joey Trella | Northern Star)

[Photo] Panhellenic Council to host 2023 women’s Tugs tournament

By Ethan Gonzales, Former Sports Editor
November 6, 2023
Multiple graphs show the makeup of NIU's student body. The student body of 15,504 students can be broken up in many different ways. (Joey Trella | Northern Star)

Breaking down NIU’s Fall 2023 enrollment

By Joey Trella and Devin Oommen
October 19, 2023
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‘2 girls with a mic’: ‘Loki’ Season 2, Will and Jada Smith’s shocking separation and Halloween

By Joey Trella, Sarah Rose, Anna Scanlan, and Zachary Bertram
October 17, 2023
A woman holds back her hair to reveal her cochlear implant. The Deaf community cannot claim to be inclusive unless they accept all forms of deafness or hard of hearing. (Eleanor Gentry | Northern Star)

Deaf inclusiveness needs modern day update

By Joey Trella, Marketing Team Coordinator
October 11, 2023
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‘2 girls with a mic’: Fall fashion and songs, Drake’s new album and our favorite TikTok trends

By Joey Trella, Sarah Rose, Kaitlyn Lee-Gordon, and Anna Scanlan
October 10, 2023
Digital Managing Editor Joey Trella and Lifestyle Editor Sarah Rose sit down with Sports Editor Ethan Gonzales in the Northern Star podcast room. The second episode of "2 girls with a mic" talks about the dystopian era coming back to our screens, a new TikTok trend, Lil Tay, and Usher. (Nyla Owens | Northern Star)

‘2 girls with a mic’: The dystopian era is coming back, a new TikTok trend, Lil Tay, and Usher

By Joey Trella, Sarah Rose, Ethan Gonzales, and Anna Scanlan
October 3, 2023
Digital Managing Editor Joey Trella and Lifestyle Editor Sarah Rose laugh with a microphone between them. Trella and Rose host a new podcast together called "2 girls with a mic." (Nyla Owens | Northern Star)

‘2 girls with a mic’: Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo and the Roman Empire

By Joey Trella, Sarah Rose, Angelina Padilla-Tompkins, and Anna Scanlan
September 26, 2023
A screenshot of an NIU student's Blackboard course page. Blackboard Ultra, the updated version of the original, will be the main learning management system for NIU for Spring 2024. (Joey Trella | Northern Star)

[Photo] NIU to switch to Blackboard Ultra

By Joseph Howerton, Video Editor
September 21, 2023
Phi Kappa Psi fraternity tugging against Delta Chi in round one of Tugs. Phi Kappa Psi took the win on monday. (Nyla Owens | Northern Star)

IFC to kick off annual Tugs tournament

By Joey Trella, Marketing Team Coordinator
April 16, 2023
NIU currently use Blackboard as their online learning management system but surrounding schools use D2L Brightspace or Canvas.

[Photo] Poll: Should NIU move on from Blackboard?

By Philip Arduini, Opinion Columnist
November 8, 2022
The Marvel section at the Graham Crackers Comics of DeKalb. Marvel is well-known for their blockbuster movies ranging from "Black Panther" to "Iron Man".

[Photo] Fill in the Blank: Comic book movies are…

By Lucy Atkinson, Opinion Editor
October 12, 2022
Colored visualization of electron microscopy photo of the coronavirus COVID-19.

IDPH releases COVID-19 statistics

By Joey Trella, Marketing Team Coordinator
August 22, 2022
It can be difficult to understand and fight against inflation. Here's a breakdown of the issue as well as resources for NIU students.

College students vs. inflation: What to know, steps to take

By Joey Trella, Marketing Team Coordinator
August 20, 2022
A Mississippi clinic security officer (right) attempts to keep anti-abortion activist Doug Lane (left) from a physical confrontation with sign carrying abortion rights supporters. The clinic will close after the state law banning abortions take effect Thursday. (Rogelio V. Solis | Associated Press)

NIU community: Overturn of Roe v. Wade is a step backward

By Elisa Reamer and Joey Trella
July 6, 2022
Vendor Larson's County Market sells at the DeKalb Farmers' Market every Thursday

Small businesses expand at DeKalb Farmers’ Market

By Joey Trella, Marketing Team Coordinator
July 1, 2022
Tom and Jerry’s, 215 W. Lincoln Highway, is currently up for sale.

DeKalb Tom and Jerry’s building for sale

By Joey Trella, Marketing Team Coordinator
June 2, 2022
A fire hydrant outside of the Egyptian Theatre, 35 N. Second St, painted Egyptian themed.

Residents paint fire hydrants through Paint-a-Plug Program

By Joey Trella, Marketing Team Coordinator
May 3, 2022
The Huskie Closet offers free clothes for students. The closet is open from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesdays and from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Thursdays in Chick Evans Field House Room 102.

Huskie Closet offers free clothes for students

By Joey Trella, Marketing Team Coordinator
May 2, 2022
Tim Thomas picks up trash at the corner before crossing with the group.

Students clean up DeKalb during NIU Cares

By Joey Trella, Marketing Team Coordinator
May 1, 2022
The new Student-facing financial aid counseling unit helps students to understand their loans and their financial situations.

Financial aid counseling unit connects students with a financial adviser

By Joey Trella, Marketing Team Coordinator
April 4, 2022
Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson smiles during a meeting with Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., in his office at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 29, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Brown Jackson, more than just the high court’s first Black woman nominee

By Joey Trella, Marketing Team Coordinator
March 31, 2022
Julia Dixon is vice president of National Society of Black Engineers, member of Society of Women Engineers, member and recording secretary of “Zealous” Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta and Ambassador of Center for Black Studies.

Engineering student shows off leadership skills in extracurriculars

By Joey Trella, Marketing Team Coordinator
February 27, 2022
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