Journalism Staff

Jack Anderson is a fantasy-loving writer from Utah who has two dogs and a cat. He loves writing about supernatural and medieval things, sometimes combined. He also writes about mystery and sci-fi every so often. He loves to mountain bike and play basketball with his friends. His favorite hobby consists of sitting in his bed and looking at his phone. 

Addison is an eighth grader at Orion Jr. High who loves theatre, singing, writing, and reading. She joined the staff of The Orion Times as a seventh grader but soon became busy with the school play. Again, she is on the staff and one of the editors. Her favorite things to write are short stories, poetry, and editorials. She also really likes to act and loves creating videos in her spare time. She is really excited to be able to share her works with you this year!

Aubrie is a quiet and awkward teenager. She was born in Arizona and moved to Utah when she was eight months old. Aubrie loves to listen to music and be creative with art. She loves to write and is pretty good at it as well. One of her hobbies that she hopes will turn into a job is to be a cosmetologist. Once she gets comfortable with you, she’ll show her true crazy colors.

Hayden Hardman is an interesting person who is busy and plays a lot of sports. He is on two soccer teams and a football team, so he has practice every day and sometimes two practices. He loves dogs. Once, he had 7 of them. He is also a pretty wealthy man who has a pool and a very lovely house. He loves to fish and mountain bike with his friends.

Kynnlie loves to bake and cook, and she loves acting. Kynnlie likes to hangout with her friends during her free time. She loves trying new food and likes watching movies. Some of her favorite movies are Napoleon Dynamite and Home Alone She also enjoys going to the beach and being with family. Kynnlie is very direct. She is also observant and funny. Her favorite animal is a monkey and her favorite color is pink.

Cambria is currently in 8th grade. She loves to write stories as well as create news articles, editorials, videos, and journalism sidebars! This is Cambria's first year as part of the staff for The Orion Times. So far, she really enjoys it here!

Maddie’s a ninth grader at Orion Jr. High.  She loves to write short stories and draw and read mystery books (that's why if you ever read one of her short stories in an article it's probably going to be a mystery). Maddie plays every sport from softball to lacrosse. She loves to hang out with friends and she tries to include everyone.  She loves being a Titan and being a part of the school's news newspaper.  So if you ever just see Maddie in the halls, just smile at her and she’ll gladly return the happiness.

Zuri is in 9th grade and she joined Journalism in 8th grade when it was a club. Her sister introduced her to journalism and had her join. She loves to learn and understand others. She has a skill set that allows her to imagine things in clear detail and be able to recreate. She loves writing spotlights. There might be times where she struggles to communicate and explain what she is thinking. She likes to follow rules, and she loves to help others. 

AJ is a ninth-grader here at Orion Jr. High. She enjoys reading, and writing, as well as playing and listening to music. She likes to do a lot of stuff at once, which sometimes can overwhelm her, but she gets it done. She is able to work with people and is willing to help them with whatever they need, even if she isn’t great at it, either. She isn’t a huge fan of sports--like football-- but is extremely happy to get the chance to play in the Weber High’s pep band at the football and basketball games. She loves spending time with friends and family doing meaningful, or meaningless, activities. Her hope is to make people happy with her writing and music playing.