On March 16, Annabelle Zhang ’27 and Vihan Jayawardhane ’27 will assume the roles of editor-in-chief and publisher to head the paper’s 183rd directorate. They will replace outgoing Editor-in-Chief Charlotte Hampton ’26 and Publisher Quentin Proud ’26, respectively.
Zhang is a geography and government modified with philosophy and economics double major from Millburn, N.J. She began writing for The Dartmouth in her freshman fall and served as an associate news managing editor during her freshman spring and associate executive editor during her sophomore fall. Most recently, she was news managing editor for two terms during her sophomore winter and junior fall.
Jayawardhane is an economics and government double major from Wilton, Conn. He joined The Dartmouth during his freshman fall as an analyst for the business strategy team before taking over as business strategy co-director in his junior year alongside Ipek Kendircioglu ’26.
Zhang says she hopes to continue supporting investigative journalism and will work on “building relationships” with the College and Upper Valley community.
“We occupy a super unique niche as a student-run newspaper in the Upper Valley, and I think that our geographic location and organizational structure should drive the ethos of this institution,” Zhang said. “As our staff continues to grow, it’s been increasingly important for me to build not only a collective of writers, but also a group of people who are building relationships with each other and can think of The Dartmouth as a community.”
On the business side, Jayawardhane said his main goals are to invest in talent, increase available capital and build community within the business and strategy team.
“I want to equip members of the organization on business and editorial with the critical thinking and creative skills that they need and that are broadly applicable to their personal and professional experience,” Jayawardhane said.
As publisher, Jayawardhane also hopes to continue the expansion of multimedia production of the 182nd directorate.
“I think it’s really vital to what we do in a changing media landscape,” Jayawardhane said.
For both Zhang and Jayawardhane, success in their roles is defined by supporting The Dartmouth staff. Zhang said she hopes to help reporters “pursue stories that they’re passionate about with tangible impacts on the communities around us.”
2026-27 Editorial Directorate
Vidushi Sharma ’27 and Elizabeth Ray ’27 will replace Emma Coulter ’26 and Varun Swaminathan ’26 as news executive editors. Kelsey Wang ’27 will take on the role of production executive editor, replacing Kent Friel ’26.
Jeremiah Rayban ’27, Jackson Hyde ’28, Iris WeaverBell ’28 and Tierney Flavin ’28 will serve as news managing editors during staggered terms. Hyde is set to serve in the spring of 2026 and fall of 2026, WeaverBell in the spring of 2026 and fall of 2026 and Flavin in the winter of 2027. The three will replace former news managing editors Ray, Sharma, Wang and Zhang. Jeremiah Rayban ’27 also served as a news managing editor this winter and in the fall of 2025.
The Mirror section will continue to be led by Aditi Gupta ’27, Vivian Wang ’27 and Leila Brady ’27. Noelle Blake ’26 will be leaving her role.
Avery Lin ’27 will continue to lead the arts section, along with Taylor Kruse ’27, who will take over from Caitlin FitzMaurice ’26.
Abigail Byrne ’28, Gabriella Messina ’27 and Madison Savoy ’28 will take on the roles of sports section editors, replacing Ava Politis ’26 and Sid Singh ’27. Messina is set to serve through next year. Byrne will serve in the fall of 2026 and Savoy will serve in the winter of 2027.
Eli Moyse ’27 and Luke Montalbano ’27 will serve as opinion editors, replacing David Adkins ’26 and Ramsey Alsheikh ’26.
Alesandra Gonzales ’27 will continue to serve as multimedia and photography editor.
Cal Shin ’27 will continue as design editor, taking over from Lauren Lim ’26.
Colin Wolfe ’27 will serve as the data visualization editor, replacing Ishan Prasad ’26 and Tracy Weener ’26.
Kaley Beth Roberts ’29 and Ashley LoMonaco ’29 will serve as engagement editors, replacing Shreya Kumar ’26.
Grace Beecher ’27 will continue to serve as templating editor, joined by William Pittman ’28, replacing Brooke Leggat ’26. Yunfei Zheng ’27 will serve as crossword editor, replacing Mateo Suarez ’27.
Eloise Langan ’27 will continue as cartoon editor.
2026-27 Business Directorate
Ava Tillman-Schwartz ’28 and Olivia Tak ’28 will serve as co-directors of strategy, replacing Kendircioglu and Jayawardhane. Armaan Merchant ’27 and Maanasa Reddy ’27 will serve as the finance and sales directors, replacing Vy Nguyen ’26 and Emma Vaughan ’26.
Amalia Pompe ’28 will serve as director of business development, replacing Stephanie Zoltick ’26.
Alexander Yee ’27 will serve as director of operations, replacing Julia Fausto ’26.
Cathy Cho ’27 and Kevin Lee ’27 will serve as co-directors of software, replacing Spencer Reith ’26.
