All Points Now is student-produced, brought to you by the journalism students of SUNY Plattsburgh. Our mission is to inspire and motivate all things lifestyle, providing our busy readers with quick but valuable insights into fashion, entertainment, arts, food, health and wellness throughout their week. Whatever it is, we’ve got you covered.
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Staff
Alex Leisenfelder
Editor-In-Chief
Alex Leisenfelder is a senior at SUNY Plattsburgh. She is majoring in multimedia journalism. During her free time, she can be found baking or making tea. She enjoys listening to storytelling podcasts, playing video games, reading manga and watching Twitch streams. She hopes to pursue a career as an esports journalist or a video game journalist.
Hales Passino
Deputy Editor
Hales Passino is a senior at SUNY Plattsburgh, majoring in multimedia journalism and minoring in public relations. She’s a barista, a beatnik and a Bob Dylan enthusiast. Her favorite pastimes are collecting vinyl, exploring metaphysical shops, hiking and writing poetry. In the future, Hales hopes to launch a podcast, publish a book and write for Rolling Stone.
Jessica Collins
Deputy Editor
Jessica Collins is a senior at SUNY Plattsburgh double majoring in multimedia journalism and political science. Some topics that she loves to write about are sports, music, and politics. In her free time, you will catch her playing video games, listening to music, and hanging out with her cats.
Nickie Hayes
Staff Writer
Nickie Hayes is a sophomore at SUNY Plattsburgh, majoring in fitness and wellness leadership, with a minor in journalism. Her interests include boxing and mixed martial arts, along with writing, traveling and the outdoors. She is also an avid anime enthusiast. For her career she hopes to combine her major and minor, writing within the health, wellness and fitness industry.
Jonas Ward
Staff Writer
Christyn pettway
Staff Writer
Christyn Pettway, aka “Chris,” is a senior at SUNY Plattsburgh from Bronx, New York. She is majoring in journalism and minoring in gender & women’s studies. In her free time, she likes to paint, sing and practice tattooing. In the future, Chris plans to own an online magazine and blog with topics surrounding pro-blackness and black culture. She would also like to pursue a career with her art and music and views APN as the perfect platform to jump-start her success.
Carly Newton
Staff Writer
Ashley St. john
Staff Writer
Angelica melara
Staff Writer
Angelica Melara is a senior in the magazine journalism program, and this is her first semester with APN. She likes hiking, canoeing, kayaking and going to the gym. She also volunteers at the Elmore SPCA animal shelter while she is at school. Melara is a Marvel superhero fan. She always wanted to be a journalist and wishes to write about traveling after she graduates because she wants to have a reason to travel in the future, especially after having been cooped up all of quarantine.
Katie Kallamni
Staff Writer
Katie Kallamni is a sophomore at SUNY Plattsburgh and is majoring in journalism. She plays lacrosse for the school and enjoys the outdoors and traveling. Often she will be tuned in to Spotify when not doing work, watching a movie, working out or hanging out with friends. Kallamni hopes to in the future work on a short film or book, see new cultures and work for a cause.
Adviser
Jack Downs
Jack Downs is faculty adviser and instructor for All Points Now. He teaches journalism at SUNY Plattsburgh and has more than 30 years experience in daily newspapers, including web production, audio and video. He enjoys hiking, cross-country skiing and kayaking. He is married and has three daughters.
Letter from the Editor:
Hello, and welcome to All Points Now, also known as APN!
My name is Alex Leisenfelder and I am the Editor-In-Chief of APN this semester. This is my third semester writing for APN, and I have been both a staff writer and deputy editor during my previous semesters. This semester, our team is operating fully remote. Our meetings transitioned smoothly into an online format, allowing us to produce the same great content we have in the past.
We have almost an entirely new staff with bright ideas and different interests, which means more great content for you, our reader! Keep an eye out for content in areas like fitness, pop culture, informative how-to’s and much more!
As always, we wouldn’t be here without you. Thank you to all of our readers who give us continuous support and cheer us on from the sidelines. I would also like to thank our new and returning staffers for producing media for APN.
I am looking forward to a fun semester with skilled staff and hope you are eager to consume the content we produce.
