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New York University's independent student newspaper, established in 1973.

Washington Square News

New York University's independent student newspaper, established in 1973.

Washington Square News

New York University's independent student newspaper, established in 1973.

Washington Square News

Fall 2025

(Photo by Julia Smerling)
Editor-In-Chief

Dharma Niles

Dharma Niles is a junior studying Politics and Data Science. She talks a lot and can generally be found skittering around the city while gripping a can of Celsius. For more information, you can follow @dharmaniles on Instagram,...

Lauren Ng
Managing Editor

Lauren Ng

Lauren Ng is a junior studying a fun combination of food studies, journalism, data science and public policy. Her hobbies include eating, browsing restaurant menus and reading and writing about food. When Lauren isn’t partaking...

A portrait of Krish Dev.
Digital Director

Krish Dev

Krish is a third-year senior studying computer science and linguistics at the College of Arts and Sciences. This is his third semester on WSN’s management team, following his time as Multimedia Editor in spring 2024 and Dep...

Julia Smerling
Creative Director

Julia Smerling

Julia Smerling is a junior studying photography and imaging, and is WSN’s Creative Director. She is from West Palm Beach, Florida, and you can find her writing poetry, obsessing over films, painting art on jeans and always having...

Anjali Mehta
Deputy Managing Editor

Anjali Mehta

Anjali Mehta is a senior studying applied psychology with a minor in English and American literature. In her free time, she can be found journaling, reading or sipping on a can of Yerba Mate. You can find her on Instagram at @anjali.mehtaa...

Sidney Snider
Deputy Managing Editor

Sidney Snider

Sidney Snider is a junior studying journalism, public policy and business of entertainment, media and technology. When she's not in the WSN office, you may see one of her alter egos around campus as the Sunrise NYU president,...