About Us

General Information

The Montclarion
Montclair State University
113 Student Center Annex
Upper Montclair, NJ 07043
Phone: 973.655.5230
Fax: 973.655.7804
E-mail: MontEditor@gmail.com

“In America, the President reigns for four years, but Journalism governs forever.”–Oscar Wilde

The Montclarion is the weekly, independent student newspaper of Montclair State University.  It was founded in 1928 as The Pelican.  It strives to report on campus news, arts, opinions and sports. The Montclarion aims to provide an outlet for young journalists to hone their reporting skills and learn about newspaper layout and design, while building a clip book to show employers after graduation.


The Montclarion’s first year as an independent newspaper was 2008-2009 after a long battle between MSU’s Student Government Association for financial freedom.


Katherine Milsop

Editor-in-Chief


Editor-in-Chief. Katherine is an anthropology major and journalism minor in her senior year.

“I want The Montclarion to continue to be the honest, accurate and independent voice of MSU in both our print and online publications. We have a great staff who work relentlessly to publish a newspaper that we’re proud of every week.”

Katie Winters

Managing Editor

Katie is a senior English major with minors in French and studio art.
As managing editor she hopes to continually improve the quality of the newspaper.

Ernest Marateo

Business Manager

Ernest is a Finance major in his sophomore year here at Montclair.

As business manager, he hopes to bring fiscal responsibility and success to The Montclarion.

Carley Hussain

PRODUCTION EDITOR

I am a Sophomore Graphic Design Major.

My hopes as the Production Editor is to make sure the paper is as visually stimulating and professional as it can be and also to successfully send it to the press to be printed and distributed

Ratanjot Rekhi

News Editor

A double major in English and Broadcasting, Ratanjot Rekhi, better known as Tanja, currently serves as the News Editor. An aspiring reporter, Tanja, aims to deliver the latest on campus issues, events and updates.

Mandi Balbi

Feature Editor

I’m an English major with a minor in Journalism and I love editing and
writing for the newspaper.

I hope to “beef up” the feature section
with tons of profiles of outstanding students. I think the student
body is one of the most important aspects of college life.

Alan Vallee

Arts and Entertainment Editor

Alan is currently a senior in the Political Science department. His plans for this year include increased coverage of comics, games and local music. And possibly a snide comment.

Lori Wieczorek

Opinion Editor

I am in my second year as a student at Montclair and my interests include literature, film and the finer things in life.

I hope to bring a new perspective to my section, furthering the Montclarion’s current progress.

Kendall Zoppa

Sports Editor

I’m a senior in the Broadcasting Department with a passion for all things sports.  I will incorporate ALL sports here on campus and give readers a behind-the-scenes look into Red Hawk Athletics.

Kat Kenny

Chief Copy Editor

I’m a senior English major and journalism minor who’s always been obsessed with all things grammatical.
I along with the rest of the copy team, will strive to keep The Montclarion as clean and Journalistic as possible adhering as close as we can to proper AP style.

Joey Cohen

Photo Editor

Mark Banas

Graphics Editor

My name is Mark Banas and I am a sophomore studing criminal justice and I drive a Zamboni.
I hope to provide the Montclarion with the best possible graphics to make it more enjoyable for the readers

Ian Elliott

WEBMASTER


Our mission is to bring The Montclarion into the age of new media, this includes the website as well as photos, videos, podcast and more.

Ian Elliott is a Junior, Broadcasting major at Montclair State, this is his first year as webmaster for The Montclarion.

Craig McCarthy

Web Editor

I am a Senior English major who is an aspiring writer.

I want to create a separate online portion of the paper to fully bring it into the digital age.

Assistants

News

Feature

Dinah Polk

Vanessa Hargreaves

A&E

Monica Winston

Sports

Kris Hunte

Copy

Production

Webmaster

Writers and Contributors

Jon Fazio

Elaine Harang

Max Matish

Jade Moskovitz

Joseph Lisnow

Jake DelMauro

Operations Manager

Kevin Schwoebel

Accountant

Patricia Villano, CPA

Faculty Advisor

Marc Rosenweig