Sam Verdi, Editor-in-Chief and History/Nature Columnist
Samantha “Sam” Verdi has been in the Communications and Journalism Program for four years and is a member of the Class of 2023. Sam is Editor-in-Chief with Val Kohan, both creating the last printed issue of The Talon magazine as well as being inducted into the Manchester Township High School chapter of the Quill and Scroll International Honor Society for High School Students in November 2021. Sam is the nature and history columnist for the online news, the Talon 2.0. In October of 2020 Sam’s nature column, “Wild New Jersey”, began with an article on bees and has since featured strange animal encounters with articles talking about the wild creatures that roam New Jersey. Starting in 2022 her history column, “Secret Origins”, will feature the fascinating past of Manchester, Lakehurst, and New Jersey, uncovering the secrets that are hidden in plain sight. Graduating from socially awkward to awkwardly social, Sam is excited to help lead the journalism program with Val her senior year and write for her two columns.
