

About Us
In winter 2026, the Rockbridge Report Investigative Team's members included 12 senior journalism majors at Washington and Lee University.
Read more about the students below:
Photo by Kate Keeley.
Troubled Water
Journalism and Law
Charlottesville, Virginia
Channing Shilling
.jpg)
Gold Rush
Journalism and Creative Writing
Gaithersburg, Maryland
Kate Keeley

Power Struggle
Journalism and Politics
Cincinatti, Ohio
Bella Timmerding

Troubled Water
Journalism, Philosophy and Poverty and Human Capabilities Studies
Charlottesville, Virginia
Sydney Devory

Ground Zero
Journalism and Studio Art
Harvard, Massachusetts
Jordan Hoover

Power Struggle
Journalism and Art History
Dallas, Texas
Isabella Custard

Power Hungry
Business Journalism and Film and Visual Studies
Quito, Ecuador
Alejandra Pacheco

Power Hungry
Business Journalism and Computer Science
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Liz Trubeck

Gold Rush
Business Journalism
Jacksonville, Florida
Cate Wachholz

Ground Zero
Journalism, Education Policy and Digital Culture & Information
Fincastle, Virginia
Julianna Stephenson

Zoned Out
Journalism and Spanish
St. Louis, Missouri
Margaret Beimdiek

Zoned Out
Journalism
Dallas, Texas
John Little

.jpg)
Channing Shilling
Troubled Water
Journalism and Law
Charlottesville, Virginia

Kate Keeley
Gold Rush
Journalism and Creative Writing
Gaithersburg, Maryland

Bella Timmerding
Power Struggle
Journalism and Politics
Cincinnati, Ohio

Sydney Devory
Troubled Water
Journalism, Philosophy, Poverty and Human Capabilities Studies
Charlottesville, Virginia

Jordan Hoover
Ground Zero
Journalism and Studio Art
Harvard, Massachusetts

Isabella Custard
Power Struggle
Journalism and Art History
Dallas, Texas

Alejandra Pacheco
Power Hungry
Business Journalism and Film and Visual Studies
Quito, Ecuador

Liz Trubeck
Power Hungry
Business Journalism and Computer Science
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Cate Wachholz
Gold Rush
Business Journalism
Jacksonville, Florida

Julianna Stephenson
Ground Zero
Journalism, Education Policy, and Digital Culture & Information
Fincastle, Virginia

Margaret Beimdiek
Zoned Out
Journalism and Spanish
St. Louis, Missouri

John Little
Zoned Out
Journalism
Dallas, Texas