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The Berkeley Beacon

Emerson College’s only independent, student-run newspaper since 1947

The Berkeley Beacon

Emerson College’s only independent, student-run newspaper since 1947

The Berkeley Beacon

Belen Dumont

Belen Dumont, Former News Editor

Belen Dumont is a Junior journalism major with a minor in women’s, gender, and sexuality studies and The Beacon’s current News Editor. The Connecticut native is a first-generation American who hopes to report investigative stories and local, national, and international news during her lifetime. On campus, she’s also a part of NAHJ, Kappa Gamma Chi, and has previously written for Atlas Magazine and WEBN.

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Daysia Tolentino

Daysia Tolentino

By Belen Dumont, Former News Editor / May 10, 2020

I was at my desk finishing work for one of my internships because we had just been ordered to start working remotely that day for that internship. I checked...

Maryam Fassihi

Maryam Fassihi

By Belen Dumont, Former News Editor / May 10, 2020

What Emerson has given me is the people, and that’s what I love most about it. ELA was by far my favorite semester, it’s like one of the reasons that...

Gina York

Gina York

By Belen Dumont, Former News Editor / May 10, 2020

The Friday we found out in Los Angeles that we would all have to leave, everyone was like ‘Okay, senior week starts now, it’s this weekend.’ Everyone...

BCE Director Wes Jackson will leave the college in July. Photo credit: Lala Thaddeus, 2018

Wes Jackson drops new beat for BCE

By Belen Dumont, Former News Editor / March 29, 2018

Wes Jackson founded, produced, and marketed one of New York’s largest hip-hop cultural events, which featured artists like Kendrick Lamar and Jay-Z....