Jake Rhodes is the senior editor for The Hornet Newspaper. He has been on The Hornet Newspaper for five semesters. He is an eight-time award winning journalist. He has received second place in Sports Game Story as well as Meritorious recognition in Enterprise News Story/Series for an investigation into Title IX co...

Sara Leon is the Managing Editor for The Hornet and has been on the newspaper for four semesters.  She is a four-time award winning  journalist. Sara has won second place in ACP Best of Show- Broadcast Feature Story and fourth place in Critical Review from JACC for her review and corresponding video of the indie film "Nowhere." She also has earned ho...

Pedro Saravia is the News Desk Editor for The Hornet Newspaper. He previously wrote for Inside Fullerton magazine. Pedro is a five-time award winning journalist. He received Meritorious recognition from JACC and second place for Sports Investigative Story from CMA for his work investigating Title IX issues at Fullerton College. Pedro has al...

Quinn Cisneros is a third semester Sports Desk Editor for The Hornet Newspaper.  He is a six-time award winning journalist, including a first place CMA Pinnacle award for Sports Multimedia Story and second place for Sports Investigative Story. His other awards are a Meritorious Award for Enterprise St...

Ciara Gonzalez is an award-winning staff reporter in her second semester at The Hornet. She likes to read, play with her dog Dino, and spend time with her friends and family. Her goals for the future are to get a bachelor’s degree in Journalism and work for a news organization as a reporter. ...

Matthew Gonzalez is a third semester staff photographer for The Hornet. Aside from being a staff reporter, he is also into sports photography. Matthew's passion in sports comes from watching and covering football, soccer, and basketball. During his free time he enjoys working out or listening to music....

Evelyn Salazar is a third semester staff writer with The Hornet Newspaper. Her favorite things to do when not writing are shopping and baking delicious pastries. Her goal in journalism is to work as an interpreter in the courts system.

Eli is a photography and journalism major from Compton, CA. They spend their free time playing Dungeons & Dragons and going on night walks in downtown areas for some street photography. Their end goal is to become a full-time photojournalist.  However, a big goal of Eli's is to open an art gallery...

Jessica Langlois is adviser to The Hornet and Inside Fullerton magazine. She has been teaching at Fullerton College since 2019. Previously, she taught at UC Berkeley, Cal State Northridge, and Loyola Marymount University. In her career, she has reported on the television industry, infrastructure and...

Maria Cruz is the Managing Editor for The Hornet and is currently in her second semester with the newspaper. She earned a A.A in English from Fullerton College and B.A. in Literary Journalism along with a minor in English and Creative Writing from UC Irvine. She is currently pursuing a certificate in...

Dylan Arreola is the Editor-in-Chief of The Hornet Newspaper. He has covered an array of stories in politics, local news, arts and culture, and more. In his first semester, as EIC, he strives to uphold the legacy that The Hornet has built over one hundred years. Dylan's main interests are in multimedia,...

Jamal Walker is a sophomore at Fullerton College in his first semester for The Hornet, writing for the Sports and Arts and Culture desks. Prior to studying at Fullerton College, Jamal served in the Army as a Public Affairs Specialist for four years and received an honorable discharge. He served in Colorado...

Nathan Bass is a dedicated public servant with a passion for journalism and community engagement. In his role as a representative of State Senator Josh Newman, Nathan specializes in government relations, communications and legislation. During his first semester with The Hornet, he will specialize in...

Natalia Fierro-Gomez is a first semester staff reporter on The Hornet. Her main interests are American politics and society. Her passion for storytelling blossomed from her deep love of reading. She aspires to transfer to a school on the East Coast to further her journalism studies. Apart from her reporting...

Dylan Arreola is in his first semester working for The Hornet. He focuses on photography and arts. He enjoys backpacking and rock climbing in his free time.

Bryan Chavez is a reporter for The Hornet Newspaper. He has been on The Hornet three semesters. He is a national CMA Pinnacle award winner in best use of Short (sub-3 min) Video for News & Information, in which he received third place. Bryan is also an OEC mens soccer champion with Fullerton College....

Maria Cruz is a staff reporter in her first semester at The Hornet. She earned an A.A. in English from Fullerton College and a B.A. in Literary Journalism from UC Irvine. Aside from being a staff reporter, she is currently working to receive a certificate in Photography. During her free time, Maria enjoys...