The Southerner

2023-2024 Staff

Alexis Dorf
Editor-in-Chief

Alexis Dorf

Alexis Dorf is a senior at Great Neck South High School and the editor-in-chief of The Southerner. Alexis has been writing for the paper since her sophomore year. Apart from The Southerner, you may find Alexis performing in any...

Audrey Huang
Print Managing Editor

Audrey Huang

Audrey Huang is a senior and Print Managing Editor for The Southerner. It is her second year in the newspaper, and she is excited to publish a variety of unique and entertaining pieces for the Great Neck South High community. In her f...

Madeleine Lennox
Special Features Editor

Madeleine Lennox

Madeleine Lennox is a sophomore and Special Features Editor of The Southerner. It is her first year on the paper, and she’s looking forward to writing pieces on the humanities and literature, along with news about the school. You may f...

Kalli Zhu
Copy Editor

Kalli Zhu

Kalli Zhu—a junior at Great Neck South—is a copy editor and staff writer for The Southerner. She enjoys writing editorial and feature articles with topics that are relevant to the school’s environment. In her free time, she ca...

Ivanna Zhang
Staff Writers

Ivanna Zhang

Ivanna Zhang is a junior at Great Neck South High School, and this is her first year on The Southerner. She can’t wait to combine her interest in sports with writing for the newspaper. Outside of the paper, Ivanna is a tennis play...

Kelly Hon
Web Managing Editor

Kelly Hon

Kelly Hon is a senior at Great Neck South High School; she is really excited to be the Web Managing Editor for The Southerner this year. She’s been writing for the Southerner since her sophomore year, and she can’t wait for what th...

Sarah Sun
Copy Editor

Sarah Sun

Sarah Sun is a junior at GNSHS and copy 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 f...

Raymond Zhang
Entertainment Editor

Raymond Zhang

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

Alyssa Sheti
Staff Writer

Alyssa Sheti

Alyssa Sheti is a sophomore at Great Neck South and is a staff writer for The Southerner. This is Alyssa’s first year on the paper and second year in the journalism program. Aside from writing, Alyssa is often reading, listenin...

Amelia Liao
Social Media Manager & Opinions Editor

Amelia Liao

Amelia Liao is a junior at Great Neck South High and is the Opinion Editor and Social Media Manager of The Southerner. This is her third year taking the journalism class and her second year on The Southerner. She makes videos ...

Annie Yao
Special Features Editor

Annie Yao

Ann “Annie” Yao is a junior at GNSHS and is the Special Features Editor for The Southerner. Her writing highlights social issues prevalent across the world whilst connecting them to South High’s student body. Outside of the p...

Dylan Kim
Multimedia Editor

Dylan Kim

Dylan Kim is a junior at Great Neck South and the Multimedia Editor for The Southerner. He is very excited for his first official year of making videos and writing articles for the paper. Outside of The Southerner, Dylan is also the...

Elizabeth Chow
News Editor

Elizabeth Chow

Elizabeth (Liz) Chow is a junior at GNSHS and the News Editor for The Southerner. She enjoys playing volleyball, drinking matcha and writing, obviously. In her free time, she loves to watch the sunset, go to cafes and try new foo...

Evelyn Won
Features Editor

Evelyn Won

Evelyn Won is a junior at Great Neck South High School. It is her first year on The Southerner and her second year taking journalism. Outside of The Southerner, Evelyn runs all-year-round on the cross country and track team. W...

Justina Hom
Staff Writer

Justina Hom

Justina Hom is a sophomore at South High School and staff writer for The Southerner. This is her first year on the paper and she is eager to write more articles on the culture of paperback books. Outside of school, Justina enjo...

Navya Ghiya
Sports Editor

Navya Ghiya

Navya Ghiya is a senior at Great Neck South High and The Southerner's Sports Editor. Writing has always been close to her heart since she was a child. This is her first year writing for the paper and her second year in journa...

Olivia Gu
Opinions Editor

Olivia Gu

Olivia Gu is a sophomore at Great Neck South High School and Opinions editor for The Southerner. This is her first year on the paper, but her second year in journalism. Over the past year, she has enjoyed writing features on ...

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