Meet Your Editors
Hadley Green
Neirad Enilno Co-Editor-Chief Hadley Green has been involved in the journalism program since her freshman year and on the Neirad staff since her sophomore year. Now a senior, Hadley’s favorite part of journalism is interviewing unique students in the school to find out what makes them tick and the quirky stories behind people who roam the halls everyday. Her favorite piece she has ever written is her profile on Class of 2008 artist Adam Campbell for the graduation issue. (see p. 3) Hadley is helping bring fashion coverage back to Neirad. She has had some amazing sartorial adventures in her quest to delive first-rate style coverage to Neirad. She traveled to New York to write about Balenciaga’s spring preview at its flagship store last spring (see p. 4) and has also written about her day spent with VH1 head stylist Alana Kelen. Hadley’s favorite part of journalism is that it truly makes the world go round; every day journalists are uncovering important information about people and news. She hopes to translate her journalism skills to a career that involves traveling the globe as a reporter. Her peripatetic life has prepared her for a job-on-the-go: Hadley lived in North Carolina and Saudi Arabia before moving to Darien. Hadley is looking forward to the new challenges working on Neirad Enilno because of its immediacy to update stories more frequently than the Neirad print edition. Hadley looks forward to delving into Web design by challenging herself to create pages that use more attractive fonts and backgrounds than the print edition. She believes the Web has added accessibility to Neirad and keeps alumni and past Neirad staff in tune with DHS coverage.
Jenny Large
Jenny Large is a Neirad co-editor-in-chief. Now a senior, this is her third year as a member of the Neirad staff. Jenny became involved in Darien High School’s journalism program at the beginning of her sophomore year. Last year she worked as one of Neirad’s managing editors, as well as assisted Mr. Otterspoor in his efforts to create a Neirad online archives. Jenny’s favorite aspect of journalism is working with the other staff writers to help improve their articles. She most enjoys writing feature stories and reviews. She is particularly proud of having started her recurring column of restaurant reviews, which her co-writers aptly titled "Getting Large with Jenny Large," (see p 3) With the start of a new year, Jenny is excited to begin working with the paper’s new design and looks forward to pushing Neirad to its full potential. With the recent additions of Neirad Enilno and the online archives, as well as the new design, Jenny feels that Neirad has come a long way since the fall of last year and looks forward to seeing what we can come up with next.
Christy Lattimer
Christy Lattimer is one of two design editors for Neirad. She is now a senior and has been on Neirad for the past three years. Christy has been working with Neirad’s other design editor Kevin Ramsey on Neirad's brand new re-design that launched in the back-to-school issue in September. Christy is excited to see how the the re-design will further enhance Neirad’s content and articles. Christy also enjoys writing feature articles and reviews. Last year she reviewed the fall and spring Theatre 308 productions and wrote an article about her amazing experiences in Malawi on a mission trip for Building with Books This year she looks forward to further developing the creative aspects of Neirad such as layout and experimenting with different components of the re-design.
Spencer Matson
Spencer Matson is an Editor-in-Chief for the Neirad Enilno. He has been a part of the journalism program at DHS since his freshman year. Joining the Neirad staff in 2006, Spencer soon became interested in writing reviews and found himself critiquing everything from books (“Alan Weisman’s 'The World Without Us'”) and movies (“Semi-Pro Semi-Good Review”) to small principalities in Europe (“Little Ole Monaco”) and celebrity prenatal infants (“Spears Baby Forecast”) (see p 4) This year in his role as an online editor-in-chief, Spencer plans on broadening the readership of Neirad’s youngest branch. Besides Neirad, Spencer is a member of Post 53 and plays piano.
Kimberly Michels
Kimberly Michels is a Neirad Co-Editor-in-chief. You can call her Kim. Most kids call her "hey you." But mostly it is Kimberly. Now a senior, Kimberly has been in Neirad since her sophomore year. Her favorite stories to cover are usually investigative reporting. Some of her past articles include a profile on the Depot "Behind Smoke and Mirrors," (see p 3) and "Does DHS really Recycle?" (see p 1) Kimberly's reporting was recognized by the Journalism Education Association who named her Connecticut Student Journalist of the Year for 2008-09. Last year Kimberly worked as Neirad Enilno Web Editor-In-Chief. Before then Kimberly detested computers. They never worked for her and were constantly shutting down in the middle of an unsaved document. But through Neirad Enilno she actually learned how to turn a computer on properly. She also learned how to code documents which basically means she can speak computer. All in all, Kimberly simply loves Neirad. Her years in the newspaper have only further instilled in her the importance of both a newspaper's print and online work. She is proud of Neirad even amidst controversy and late deadlines. As Co-editor-in-Chief Kimberly looks forward to working with the new design and enjoying the fact that no one can yell at her anymore for her absurdly long articles. You can expect to see her next year either with a notebook in hand, staring down an interviewee, stressing out, or chucking a computer across the room.
Kelsey Ott
Kelsey is the co-editor-in-chief of Neirad Enilno, the online edition of Neirad that was started last year. She joined the Neirad staff last year during her sophomore year, but has always had an interest in journalism. Some recent articles include an editorial on the lack of space for juniors to park in the DHS parking lot and a profile on DHS head custodian Rodney Brown (page 7). As online editor, Kelsey wants to transform Neirad Enilno from a lesser-known branch of the DHS Web site to a primary news source for students. Kelsey, a junior, is also on the softball team and the ski team, and is on the yearbook staff.
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Kevin Ramsey
Kevin Ramsey is a Design Director for Neirad. Kevin has been contributing to Neirad since his freshman year, after which he decided he wanted join the program full time and became a staff writer, initially writing sports stories before moving on to reviews. In his junior year, Kevin used his skills in design to expand the Neirad's visual department and used special effects to make the print edition more appealing to readers. In winter of 2007, Kevin, then Photography Editor, worked on creating a brand new design for Neirad with one of the Editors-in-Chief at the time, Lindsay Gordon. Kevin and Lindsay submitted their ideas to Josh Klenert at Billboard magazine, who responded with a fantastic redesign. Upon Lindsay's graduation last June, Kevin took the entire responsibility for the visual department of Neirad and, with the help of his counterpart, Design Editor Christy Lattimer, is responsible for the fresh new look that Neirad displays today.
Tally Thorén
Tally is the Business Manager of Neirad. Tally is boosting Neirad’s once weak bottom line. He was selected by the team for his charisma, energy and business acumen. In just one week, Tally signed up 15 new advertising accounts including Darien Sport Shop and Wireless Zone of Darien for starters. His financial drive has enabled Neirad to buy new Photoshop design software and a new scanner. Tally is especially excited to see where Neirad will go and hopes to raise nearly $10,000 for the financial year. Tally’s administrative assistant, junior Reece Pelley, also aids Tally by getting him cups of coffee and sharpening pencils; however Reece is incapable of doing both simultaneously. Tally is also the money guy for the Community Council where he serves in the office of treasurer.
