The Cavalier Daily elected editors for its upcoming 137th term Saturday, and in a contested election, chose Leigh Bailey, current operations manager and third-year College student, to serve as the paper’s next editor-in-chief. The 137th term of The Cavalier Daily will begin Jan. 12, the first day of classes in the spring semester.
Other members elected to the incoming Managing Board include Nina Broderick, current News senior associate and second-year College student, as managing editor; third-year Batten and College student Scarlett Sullivan, re-elected as executive editor; Shahnoor Chaudhry, current finance manager and second-year Commerce student, as chief financial officer; and Kayla Moore, current photo editor and third-year College and Batten, as operations manager. All races for the managing board, with the exception of operations manager, were contested.
Bailey joined The Cavalier Daily as a copy staffer during her first year at the University, and prior to her current role as operations manager, Bailey worked as website manager. As operations manager, Bailey oversees the nine operations desks: social media, photo, design, website, analytics, video, newsletter, Chinese translation and Spanish translation. The operations manager also supervises all aspects of production of the paper — such as establishing layout and design guidelines, maintaining necessary equipment and posting on social media. Bailey has also written articles on the news and sports desks.
Bailey succeeds fourth-year College student Naima Sawaya as editor-in-chief.
As she enters this role, Bailey hopes to use her operations background to continue enhancing the paper’s digital presence, as well as strengthen mentorship structures to define a collective purpose within the paper.
“The expertise and passion demonstrated by candidates across all sections of the paper today makes me confident that our varied skillsets will help us continue to advance the paper’s mission, long-term sustainability and service to the University community,” Bailey said.
The Cavalier Daily also held elections for Junior Board positions, which include literary editors for subjective and objective desks, as well as managers for operations and business desks.
Third-year College student Dana Douglas was elected assistant literary editor in a contested election, and second-year College student Elizabeth Adams was elected assistant managing editor also in a contested election.
Second-year College student Grace Little and third-year College student Lauren Seeliger were elected as news editors in a contested election.
Third-year College student Aimee Crosbie and third-year Batten student Emory Huffman were elected as sports editors in an uncontested election.
Second-year Commerce student Benjamin Apostol and second-year College student Zachary Geller were elected arts and entertainment editors in a contested election.
Third-year College students Ingrid Gay and Abby Snowdon were elected life editors in a contested election.
Second-year College student Hareem Mubashar and first-year College student Anniston Li were elected podcast editors in a contested election.
Third-year Commerce student Wylie Brunman was re-elected as opinion editor and second-year College student Michael King was elected opinion editor in a contested election.
First-year College student College student Clare Pelli was elected humor editor in a contested election.
Third-year Engineering student Ada Malpani was re-elected cartoon editor in an uncontested election.
Third-year College student Shreyas Agnihotri and second-year College student Max Goldberg were elected puzzle editors in an uncontested election.
First-year College student Jake Friedman was elected finance manager in a contested election.
Second-year College student Russell Fisher was elected advertisement manager in a contested election.
Third-year College student Catherine White was re-elected photo editor and third-year Architecture student Mac Doucette was elected photo editor in an uncontested election.
Third-year College student Mackenzie Bullock, second-year Commerce student Eva Creighton and second-year Engineering student Asma Sanaullah were elected design editors in an uncontested election.
First-year College student William Liu was elected as Chinese translation editor in an uncontested election.
Third-year College student Blanly Rodriguez was elected as Spanish translation editor in an uncontested election.
Third-year College student Lahari Kunapaneni and second-year College student Abigail Boursiquot were re-elected social media editors in an uncontested election.
First-year College students Kate McDermott and Arpita Behera were elected video editors in an uncontested election.
First-year College student Muneeb Malik was elected analytics manager in an uncontested election.
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