{"id":994,"date":"2025-01-30T14:09:10","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T20:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/?p=994"},"modified":"2026-09-01T15:38:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T20:38:04","slug":"about-the-messenger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/2025\/01\/30\/about-the-messenger\/","title":{"rendered":"The Messenger Editorial Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sammie Magee, Editor in Chief<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Sammie is a Journalism major in her second year at JCCC. She is a previously homeschooled student from Louisburg, and she is beyond excited to be at JCCC. Sammie was drawn to major in Journalism after starting her toy drive, Sammie\u2019s Toy Drive, <\/em>for the Uvalde, Texas community. She hopes to be able to tell people’s stories in a respectful, empathic way. In her free time, Sammie enjoys playing with her eight cats, or working on her fish tanks.<\/p>\n

Mya Roberts, Managing Editor<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This is Mya\u2019s second year at JCCC and she is majoring in Liberal Arts, focusing on journalism. She has a background in journalism from her years on her high school\u2019s newspaper staff and she is so excited to be working with The Messenger. In her free time she loves to read, watch TV, and hang out with her friends and family. You\u2019ll probably catch her working, she’s there all the time. Mya is genuinely so excited to help others learn through her writing for The Messenger and gain lots of experience.<\/p>\n

Mike Kemper, Senior Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Mike is a 14-year Army veteran who proudly served in the 82nd Airborne Division, including deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, where he developed the discipline, resilience, and leadership that shape his work today. He joined the Messenger as a reporter because he is driven by a desire to tell stories and connect with others.<\/p>\n

Israel Montantes, Videographer<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Israel is a student with a focus on Journalism and Film. He has lived in Olathe for the past 7 years. He enjoys films\/TV, old Xbox games, and embracing the vibe that the KC area offers. He joined The Messenger as a videographer and has tried to bring a focus from the student perspective.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sammie Magee, Editor in Chief Sammie is a Journalism major in her second year at JCCC. She is a previously homeschooled student from Louisburg, and she is beyond excited to be at JCCC. Sammie was drawn to major in Journalism after starting her toy drive, Sammie\u2019s Toy Drive, for the Uvalde, Texas community. She hopes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1000,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"video-and-audio","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[124],"class_list":["post-994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-about-us"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"Messenger Staff","author_link":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/author\/mhumph18\/"},"featured_img":null,"coauthors":[{"link":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/author\/mhumph18\/","display_name":"Messenger Staff"}],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["About Us<\/a>"],"unlinked":["About Us<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 2 years ago","modified":"Updated 1 week ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on January 30, 2025","modified":"Updated on September 1, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on January 30, 2025 2:09 pm","modified":"Updated on September 1, 2026 3:38 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":124,"user_id":1000,"is_guest":0,"slug":"mhumph18","display_name":"Messenger Staff","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1d550cfefcbdb3d51b5ca80ce32ea21defada2724e3cd6d8373f27c880e25be9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"","first_name":"Messenger","last_name":"Staff","user_url":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1000"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=994"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3568,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/994\/revisions\/3568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=994"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}