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The Student News Site of Great Neck South High School

The Southerner

The Student News Site of Great Neck South High School

The Southerner

The Student News Site of Great Neck South High School

The Southerner

2024-2025 Staff

Annie Yao
Editor-in-Chief

Annie Yao

Ann “Annie” Yao is a senior and the editor-in-chief of The Southerner. Since joining as a junior, she has written articles and created spreads around cultural impacts, community cohesion, and student voice. Outside of the ...

Dylan Kim
Multimedia Editor and Print Managing Editor

Dylan Kim

Dylan Kim, a senior at Great Neck South, is the Multimedia Editor and Print Managing Editor for The Southerner. He is thrilled to continue creating content and writing articles for the paper. Outside of The Southerner, Dylan is ...

Madeleine Lennox
News Editor

Madeleine Lennox

Madeleine Lennox is a junior at South High School and the News Editor of The Southerner. In her second year on the paper, she hopes to continue informing the student body of school events and relevant issues. Outside of school,...

Phoebe Mark
Staff Writer

Phoebe Mark

Phoebe is a junior at Great Neck South High and is excited for first year on the paper. She discovered her love for bringing attention to topics within the school community after her first year in journalism. Outside of The S...

Ashley Chung
Staff Writer

Ashley Chung

Ashley Chung is a junior at Great Neck South, and this is their first year on the paper. Outside of the paper, Ashley is President of the GSA and a part of the philosophy club. In their free time, they enjoy listening to horror ...

Zachary Dorf
Assistant Entertainment Editor

Zachary Dorf

Zachary Dorf is a sophomore at Great Neck South High and is ecstatic to be fulfilling the position of Assistant Entertainment Editor on The Southerner in his second year writing for the newspaper. He enjoys talking about anything and everyt...

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Staff Writer

Maksim Goodman

Maksim Goodman is a sophomore at Great Neck South High School and a staff writer for The Southerner. It is his first year on The Southerner and his second year on journalism. Maksim is excited to write reviews and feature artic...

Olivia Gu
Features Editor

Olivia Gu

Olivia Gu is a junior at GNSHS and is the Features editor for The Southerner. Olivia has written for the paper for two years, and has been in the journalism class for three years. She enjoys highlighting school events and new p...

Elizabeth Chow
Web Editor

Elizabeth Chow

Elizabeth “Liz” Chow is a senior at GNSHS, and was previously the News Editor and is now a Web Editor for The Southerner. She believes that the paper is an extension of student voices, and she aims to connect the student body thro...

Staff Writer

Erin Wong

Erin Wong is a senior at South High School and a Staff Writer for The Southerner. This is her first year writing for The Southerner but her second year taking journalism. She loves writing opinion and review articles (especially ...

Victoria Wu
Special Features Editor

Victoria Wu

Victoria Wu is a senior at Great Neck South High School and Special Features Editor for The Southerner. She loves to give her opinion on everything under the sun, from entertainment to social issues. Outside of school, she highlig...

Raymond Zhang
Entertainment Editor

Raymond Zhang

Raymond Zhang is a Junior at Great Neck South High School and is the Entertainment Editor for The Southerner. Raymond likes to write articles on local subjects as well as entertainment. He often gets inspiration from his walks...

Ivanna Zhang
Sports Editor

Ivanna Zhang

Ivanna (Ivy) Zhang is a senior at Great Neck South High School and the Sports Editor for The Southerner. This is her second year being on the paper, and she can’t wait to combine her interest in sports with writing for the ...

Kalli Zhu
Web Editor

Kalli Zhu

Kalli Zhu is a senior and a web editor for The Southerner. She has contributed to the paper since her sophomore year as both a writer and editor, and draws inspiration for her articles from her personal interests. In her free ti...

Amelia Liao
Social Media Managing Editor

Amelia Liao

Amelia Liao is a Senior at Great Neck South High and The Southerner's Social Media Manager. This is her fourth year taking the journalism class and her third year on The Southerner. Since joining journalism in her freshman year...

Lana Miao
Special Features Editor

Lana Miao

Lana is a junior, and she is looking forward to being a Special Features Editor this year! This is her second year taking journalism and her first year on The Southerner. In her free time, she produces music, sings, reads, pours he...

John Morrow
Opinions Editor

John Morrow

John Morrow is a senior at Great Neck South High and is an Opinion Editor at The Southerner. This is his second year of taking the journalism class, and his first year at The Southerner. His work focuses on media analysis, and...

Sarah Sun
Web Editor

Sarah Sun

Sarah Sun is a senior at GNSHS and web editor for The Southerner, and has been a part of the paper since freshman year. She is currently one of the hosts of the podcast Teacher Talks and enjoys conducting interviews and writing ...

Evelyn Won
Web Managing Editor

Evelyn Won

Evelyn Won is a senior at Great Neck South High School and the Web Managing Editor of The Southerner. This is her third year taking journalism and her second year writing for the paper. Outside of The Southerner, Evelyn runs all-year-round...

Alexis Pawlow
Assistant Sports Editor

Alexis Pawlow

Alexis Pawlow is currently a junior at South High School and is the Assistant Sports Editor for The Southerner. Since her sophomore year, Alexis has written for the paper and shared her love of athletics with the South High com...

Justina Hom
Opinions Editor

Justina Hom

Justina Hom is a junior at South High School and is the Opinions Editor for The Southerner. This is Justina’s second year on the paper, and she’s excited to write more articles about topics she’s interested in. Outside of ...