Meet Our Team

These students uphold the North Cross spirit of Veritas Vincit: Truth Triumphs

Eason Zhou '24

Managing Editor

Massoki Maka '23

Copy Editor

Dat Bui '23

Designer
2022-2023 STAFF
​2023: Massoki Maka, Dat Bui
2024: ​Eason Zhou 
2025: Nhi Le, Brock Miles
2026: Rowan Anderson, Anne Bradley Cullen, Didi Didibetle, Lam Do, Rabia Ferron, Tristan Lange, Antonio Mack, Aadeetri Pandey, Jiale Qin, Veronica Weston
Contributors: Gracean Ratliff '23, Helen Hertz '24, Hania Raza '24, McKenzie Raub '24

Alumni Editors

  • 2021: Chloe Hunt: University of Pennsylvania -- Chloe already works for the Daily Pennsylvanian.
  • 2020: Tobi Bankole: Stanford
  • 2018: Nathan Seidel: College of William and Mary -- Nathan is Sports Editor for The Flat Hat; Joseph Cranwell: UVa
  • 2016: Meagan Pruitt: Elon University;
  • 2014: Kirby Evett: UVa; Paxton Helmer: UVa
  • 2012: Paul Smith: Concord University (football scholarship!); Derek Mason: West Virginia U.
  • 2011: Catherine Merritt: VT;
    • Catherine Jessee: UVa; 
    • Elizabeth Stoeckle: William and Mary;
    • Emily Boyd: University of Hawaii
Robert Robillard
Advisor

the Willis Hall Herald

Contact: willishallherald@northcross.org 
4254 Colonial Ave.
Roanoke, VA 240189
(540) 789-7289

Letters to the Editor: willishallherald@northcross.org 

Founded in 2010, and based in the Journalism elective, The Willis Hall Herald is the official student-led publication of the Upper School at North Cross School in Roanoke, VA. The Herald may be published in magazine form three times per year. GeoPrism: The Global Studies Journal may be published in magazine form once or twice per year. The Herald welcomes letters, commentary and submissions of original content that adhere to the Herald's dedication to factual journalism. Letters and other content must be signed and may be edited for length and Herald style. The Herald does not guarantee publication of outside submissions. Please contact Robert Robillard for ads. The Herald won Gold Medals from Columbia Scholastic Press Association in 2012 and 2015. 

The Staff

Editor-in-Chief ........................................................................................................................ Massoki Maka
Managing Editor....................................................................................................................... Eason Zhou
Social Media Editor.................................................................................................................... Eason Zhou
Website Editors...........................................................................................................................Eason Zhou
Opinion Editor.........................................................................................................................Massoki Maka
Graphics Editor................................................................................................................................... Dat Bui
Business Manager.......................................................................................................................Brock Miles
Features Editor......................................................................................................................................Nhi Le
Photography Editor.................................................................................................................. Eason Zhou
Arts Editor...................................................................................................................................Rabia Ferron
Arts and Entertainment Editor.......................................................................................Aadeetri Pandey
Sports Editor............................................................................................................................ Tristan Lange
Staff writers...................................... Rowan Anderson, Anne Bradley Cullen, Didi Dibetle, Lam Do, Antonio Mack, Aadeetri Pandey, Jiale Qin, Veronica Weston.
Graphic Artist .....................................................................................................................Gracean Ratliff
Op-Ed Columnists................................................................................................................... Helen Hertz

Advisor................................................................................................................................ Robert Robillard
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