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The official student newspaper of Walter Johnson High School

The Pitch

The official student newspaper of Walter Johnson High School

The Pitch

2010-2011 Staff

Sari Amiel
Print Editor-in-Chief

Sari Amiel

This is Sari Amiel's third year writing for The Pitch. She is a senior and print Editor-in-Chief. She likes dark chocolate, winter and traveling. This past summer, she greatly enjoyed working at a camp with 5-year-old kids. Writing...

Phillip Resnick
Print Editor-in-Chief

Phillip Resnick

Senior Phillip Resnick is a Print Editor-in-Chief in his third year on The Pitch staff. Phillip was the Print Sports editor last year.  He enjoys working for The Pitch very much and hopes to maintain the paper's integrity...

Katie Levingston
Online Editor in Chief

Katie Levingston

Although she seems quiet on the outside, 2010-2011 Online Editor-in-Chief Katie Levingston is bursting with energy on the inside. A former young Parisian in her second year on staff, Katie models her life after certain television...

Abby Singley
Online Editor-in-Chief

Abby Singley

Abby Singley was on the Pitch staff since her sophomore year, and as a senior, she was Online Editor-in-Chief and the Print Copy Chief in 2010-2011. The previous year, Abby was the first online editor-in-chief, and was also a c...

Alexandra Sanfuentes
Print Editor in Chief

Alexandra Sanfuentes

Alexandra Sanfuentes is one of the Print Editors-in-Chief. She has been working for the Pitch since her sophomore year when she started off as a copy editor. The following year, she worked as the head of the Editorial section....

Sasha Tycko
Print Editor-in-Chief

Sasha Tycko

Sasha Tycko is one of the Print Editors-in-Chief. Sasha spent last year as the co-editor of the Arts and Entertainment section, where she mastered the art of the fashion spread and music review. This year, Sasha has risen to the...

Jemile Safaraliyeva
Staff Writer & Online Copy Editor

Jemile Safaraliyeva

Senior Jemile Safaraliyeva joined The Pitch only this year, but she has dedicated herself to being Assistant News Editor and copy editor. Her main interest is currently writing for news in the print edition, yet she doesn’t restrict...

Daniel Gorelik
Onilne Assistant Sports Editor

Daniel Gorelik

A quirky character, Daniel enjoys many fun-filled activities. When it comes to sports, his favorites are soccer and tennis. He always tries to go out on adventures and those who know him, know that he has the imagination of a...

Parker Smith
Print Sports Editor

Parker Smith

When he’s not chastising staff writers, senior Parker Smith enjoys being sports editor of the print publication of The Pitch. Smith joined The Pitch in his junior year as the layout editor, after impressing the former editor...

Online Arts & Entertainment Editor

Ian Green

Ian Green is the Online Entertainment Editor for the Online Pitch. Last year, he was the Online Editorial Editor. Ian Green is known for knowing way too much about movies, some even naming him the “Movie Trivia Savant of Our...

Eleanor Janhunen
Print Assistant Arts & Entertainment Editor

Eleanor Janhunen

Eleanor Janhunen is the Assistant Arts and Entertainment Editor for the print edition of The Pitch. This is her first year on The Pitch staff, and she is enjoying every moment of it. When not ferociously absorbing fashion, Eleanor ...

Lily Sieradzki
Print Feature Editor

Lily Sieradzki

Lily Sieradzki is the other print Feature Editor. She is a senior and loving it!  This is her first year on The Pitch, and while it’s a little crazy, it’s always crazy fun. Lily especially loves the comfy couch in the offi...

Jessica Evans
Online Editorial Editor

Jessica Evans

While most five-year-old kids were reading The Berenstain Bears, Jessica Evans was busy reading The Pitch. Her older brother, Chad, was the Editor-in-Chief of The Pitch during the ’92-’93 school year. From an early age sh...

Liz Wasden
Print Editorial Editor

Liz Wasden

Liz Wasden, Print Editorial Editor, has now been a part of The Pitch for two years, because she really enjoys eating dinner out of the vending machines, staring at a computer for four plus hours, and muttering things like “...

Josh Benjamin
Staff Writer

Josh Benjamin

Josh Benjamin is a sophomore at Walter Johnson High School. Besides doing hours and hours of homework and studying for tests after school, Josh enjoys playing guitar and piano. He hopes to start another instrument soon.  He also...

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