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About Titan Shout

Established in 2020, Titan Shout is Guilford Technical Community College’s student newspaper. It was created to provide a genuine voice for the student body while upholding journalistic integrity and care.

Titan Shout publishes news articles, advice, cartoons, and other content relevant to the GTCC community. While Titan Shout does not publish unsolicited submissions, any interested GTCC student may make content suggestions or volunteer to contribute to or help produce and promote the newspaper.

Titan Shout staff can be reached at titanshout2@gtcc.edu. More information about the Shout can be found here.

Meet the contributors


President and Editor-in-Chief: Forrest Malloy

Forrest Malloy is a survivor, an artist, a part-time journalist, and an aspiring English professor. They currently write articles for a radio station in Colorado, and they will always have a sketchbook, journal, deck of tarot cards, and beat-up copy of the Giver or Tuck Everlasting in their purse.


Director of Art Design: Salem Reaves

Salem Reaves is a second-year student in the Career and College Promise program at GTCC. They are currently pursuing an AFA in Theatre and plan to transfer to UNC Chapel Hill to obtain a Bachelor’s in Anthropology. Salem’s hobbies include dancing, reading, listening to music, and upcycling and making clothing.


Staff Writer (Games): Alex Burt

Alexandra "Alex" Burt is Titan Shout's games and trivia specialist. She decided to attend GTCC to study computer information technology and is now studying creative writing because she loves creating characters, something she has been doing since she was three years old. After she completes her associate in arts degree, Alex is going to study office administration to hopefully get a data entry job in an office or school environment. She enjoys playing video games like World of Warcraft and Super Mario Brothers.


Staff Writer (Health and Science Correspondent): Niki Bercume


Staff Writer (Sports Correspondent): Lucy Carswell


Staff Writer: Jashawnda Cyrus


Staff Writer (History and Political Science Correspondent): Austin Morris


Memologist: Levi Ford

Levi Ford is a native North Carolinian and a first-year student at GTCC. He hopes to study the sciences, meriting him an AS by the end of 2022 where he plans to transfer into UNCG. Levi prides himself on having earned an honorary doctorate in Memeology from Reddit University in early 2020, allowing him to practice precise meme literature in the Titan Shout. In his spare time, Levi likes to study Russian culture, learn about foreign languages and politics, and engage in discussions about gaming economics.


Guest Contributor: Marjorie Solo


Faculty Advisor: Zac Goldstein

Zac Goldstein is an Associate Professor of English at GTCC where he serves as a member of the All-College Read and Learning Evidence Committees and as a faculty advisor to Titan Shout and the Creative Writer's Club. He teaches ENG 111 Writing and Inquiry and ENG 125 Creative Writing as well as developmental English courses. A New Jersey native, he holds a BA from The College of New Jersey and an MFA from UNC-Greensboro. He has worked as a newspaper reporter (for the New Bern Sun Journal and Elizabeth City Daily Advance) and fiction editor (for The Greensboro Review). His writing has appeared in Jersey Devil Press, Heater, and storySouth as well as on his review blog, Zac Rates the Universe. When he is not teaching, writing, or reading, he can be found cooking, walking, and tormenting his wife with horrible puns.


Faculty Advisor: Rebecca Preston

Rebecca Preston is an Assistant Professor of English at GTCC, co-chair of the All-College Read committee, and faculty advisor to the Titan Shout and the Creative Writer's Club. She teaches English composition, Introduction to Literature, and Creative Writing. Her main interests include poetry, crafting, interior design, and making homemade pizza. She grew up in Buffalo, NY, lived in England for most of her twenties, and is now happily settled in sunny NC.



Disclaimer

The views expressed in this newspaper are not those of GTCC's administration, faculty, or staff unless otherwise noted.