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The Student News Site of Ventura High School

The Cougar Press

The Student News Site of Ventura High School

The Cougar Press

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2024-2025 Staff

Isabella Fierros
Online/Media Editor-in-Chief

Isabella Fierros

Isabella Fierros is a senior at VHS in her fourth year at The Cougar Press. She plans to major in Journalism in college and be a sideline reporter for the Los Angeles Dodgers. ...

Brody Daw
Print Editor-in-Chief

Brody Daw

Brody Daw is a senior at VHS in her fourth year at The Cougar Press. She enjoys listening to music, shopping, tennis, surfing and backpacking.

Vail Newman
Assistant Editor-in-Chief

Vail Newman

Vail is a sophomore at VHS and is in her second year at The Cougar Press. She enjoys sports, going to the beach and exploring.

Sophia Denzler
Managing Editor

Sophia Denzler

Sophia Denzler is a senior at VHS in her fourth year at The Cougar Press. She enjoys going to the beach, watching movies, eating sushi and reading. 

Ava Blau-Grinsel
Assistant Managing Editor

Ava Blau-Grinsel

Ava Blau-Grinsel is a sophomore at VHS in her second year at The Cougar Press. She loves music, the ocean and trying new foods.

Social Media Editor

Isabel Andrade

Isabel Andrade is a junior at VHS in her second year at The Cougar Press. She enjoys cooking, reading and writing books. She also has been doing theater for nine years and one day hopes to pursue it full time. ...

Brynn Kightlinger
Podcast Editor

Brynn Kightlinger

Brynn Kightlinger is a sophomore at VHS in her second year at The Cougar Press. She is excited to interview people around campus. She enjoys sports, smoothies and sandwiches. 

Sawyer Cameron
Broadcast Editor

Sawyer Cameron

Sawyer Cameron is a sophomore at VHS in his second year in The Cougar Press. He likes editing videos and the Dodgers.

News Lead

Ann Lam

Ann Lam is a sophomore in her first year at The Cougar Press. She enjoys playing the violin and piano. She aspires to be a teacher and commit herself to activism. Ann is open to learning and discovering whether it be a n...

Staffer

Suri Garcia

Suri Garcia is a senior at VHS and this is her first year in The Cougar Press. She likes to write and she enjoys the outdoors. 

Sports Lead

Samantha Martinez

Samantha Martinez is a junior at VHS in her first year at The Cougar Press. She enjoys photography, volunteering, the beach and watching all kinds of sports.

Staffer

Meah Pacheco

Meah is a senior at VHS in  her first year at The Cougar Press. She loves her job, going out, watching shows and listening to music. 

Distractions Lead

Haeden Weber

Haeden is a sophomore at VHS. He plays golf and enjoys cooking. This is his first year of journalism and has taken a liking to election reporting.. Haeden’s favorite flavor ice cream is cookies and cream....

Feature Lead

Brie Cheatham

Brie Cheatham is a junior at VHS and is in her first year at The Cougar Press. She likes to cook and read. Her life goal is to become a professional ballet dancer in a company. ...

On-Campus Lead

Salene Dang

Salene Dang is a sophomore at Ventura High School in her first year of journalism. She loves to travel, attend concerts and spend time with her friends. She hopes to work as a traveling journalist when she’s older, or...

Staffer

Emma Blackburn

Emma Blackburn is a freshman at VHS in her first year at The Cougar Press. She enjoys writing, digital art, music and reading. She is also highly intelligent and super cool. No questions asked. ...

Opinion Lead

Ella Duncan

Ella Duncan is a junior at VHS in her second year at The Cougar Press. She enjoys reading, tanning, sushi, playing pickleball and shopping.

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