The student news site of Puyallup High School

The Viking Vanguard

The student news site of Puyallup High School

The Viking Vanguard

The student news site of Puyallup High School

The Viking Vanguard

2023-2024 Staff

Staff

Paul Busching

Paul Busching is a junior in Video II who is excited to be here and making videos. Busching believes that Video II should be a fun and relatively easy experience all around. “The best part about being in Video II is the ability...

Hunter Ihlen
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Hunter Ihlen

Hunter Ihlen is a sophomore in Newspaper. He’s hoping to meet new people and discover more about the school in the class. “So far, it’s been pretty good,” said Ihlen. He was inspired to take this class by his older brother,...

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Miahrese Terlaje

Junior Miahrese Terlaje is taking Video Productions to establish advancements in the film association. Her favorite media projects are ones involved in the community and touch on important topics that are rarely voiced. When she...

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Ezruh Hacker

Sophomore Ezruh Hacker is taking this course because he's always been curious about journalism and thought it may give him a chance to get out and learn to communicate with people better. His favorite type of media projects to...

Iris Diaz
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Iris Diaz

Senior Iris Diaz is in Video Production 3. She says that she didn’t decide to join this class on her own, and needed to fill a class in a schedule, and became a video member. She is passionate about filming VNN and hopes to...

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Enodia Harder

Enodia Harder is a senior in Video II. Harder took Video I in her sophomore year, but has decided to return to the class this year. Harder wants to make an effort to make sure that student voices are heard. “Everyone has problems...

Daniel Aponte
Staff

Daniel Aponte

Junior Daniel Aponte is taking the video production course to help with overall filming and editing skills so that he can become a videographer. His favorite media project to work on is his podcast, The Inside Scoo...

Multimedia Editor

JoAnn Laning

JoAnn Laning, who is currently a senior, has been working in Video since her sophomore year. She’s looking forward to working with her team and producing more content. “I want to add more podcasts to SoundCloud and bring more...

Photo Editor

Reagan Jones

Senior Reagan Jones is in Newspaper and Yearbook, and she originally joined to expand her knowledge of photography and storytelling. Jones is also excited because it is her second year in Viking Student Media and first year in...

Opinion Editor

Anthony Geiter

Anthony Geiter is a senior and the Opinion Editor for the Viking Vanguard. He likes to write music and skate occasionally. Geiter has always been interested in investigative journalism. “A lot of things are kind of obscured t...

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Sports Editor

Maddy Weaver

Junior Maddy Weaver is taking this course because she found a passion for sports journalism and telling people’s stories. Her favorite media project to work on is On The Sidelines, the sports section of the news broadcast show....

Grant Huson
Co-Editor in Chief

Grant Huson

Junior Grant Huson is in his second year of journalism. Huson enjoys sharing other's stories that may not otherwise be heard. When he isn't writing, Huson can be found playing the steel drums and showing school spirit.

Katelyn Ervin
News and Features Editor

Katelyn Ervin

Senior Katelyn Ervin, News and Features Editor, is taking this course to make your voice heard. Ervin enjoys writing feature and news stories because of the interesting elements of feature stories and the priority of keeping you...

Ethan Barker
ACE Editor

Ethan Barker

Ethan Barker is the ACE (Arts, Culture, and Entertainment) Editor for the Viking Vanguard student newspaper at Puyallup High School. This year, which will be his second with the Vanguard and his junior year of high school, he...

Margo Hermann
Digital Media Editor

Margo Hermann

Margo Hermann is a junior at Puyallup High School. She joined VSM to learn more about media and connecting with people. She is passionate about telling stories through social media and writing.