EDITORIAL BOARD

The Editorial Board of The University Times

The Editorial Board of The University Times is comprised of six journalists. The board’s responsibility lies in writing the unsigned editorials of the newspaper, which appear online bimonthly and in every issue of The University Times. Editorials represent the board’s collective editorial voice.

Noa Shmueli

Chair of the Editorial Board
Noa Shmueli is the current Chair of the Editorial Board. She has previously served as a Senior Editor at The University Times, and, at Columbia University, as the managing editor of the Columbia Journal of Literary Criticism. She is currently pursuing an MPhil in Irish Writing.

Charlie Hastings

Editor
Charlie Hastings is the current Editor of The University Times. Aside from his four years' experience as UT's Music Editor, Assistant Editor, and Chair of the Editorial Board, Charlie has interned at ABC News in the United States and written for several publications internationally. Among his accolades are an award for "Best Education Articles from 2023" from international publication The 74 as well as several National Gold Keys Awards from Scholastic. He has graduated with a degree in English Studies and Italian from Trinity College Dublin.

Harper Alderson

Deputy Editor
Harper Alderson is the Deputy Editor of The University Times. She previously served as a Senior Editor and the Crossword Editor. She also has significant legal experience, having previously worked for Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, the New York City Bar Association, and the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. She is a third-year PPES student.

Ella Chepak

Assistant Editor
Ella Chepak is an Assistant Editor of The University Times. She has previously served as the Opinions Section Editor. She also serves on Hist Committee and Trinity Women in Law Committee, and has law experience interning at Kobre and Kim LLP. She is a third-year History and English student.

Freja Goldman

Assistant Editor
Freja Goldman is an Assistant Editor of The University Times. She has previously served as the Climate Crisis Editor, and reported on the TCDSU elections 24/25. She also has experience as an editorial intern at Imagine5, a climate-focused magazine based in Copenhagen, Amsterdam, and San Francisco. She is a third-year English student.

Fachtna Mac Conghail

Irish Language Editor
Fachtna Mac Conghail is the current Irish Language Editor of The University Times.