About TRR

Meet the 2017 Team

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  Dean Rogers

  Editor-in-Chief/Reporter

  Celebrity Crush:
  Rosario Dawson
  Favorite movie quote:
  “I Feel the Need, the Need for Speed!” – Top Gun
  Dream vacation:
  Visiting Uluru Rock in Australia

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  Stephanie Taylor

  Co-Editor/Reporter
  My first concert:
  Michelle Branch at On the Bricks in Atlanta
  I binge-watch…
  The Golden Girls! I converse with my older sister in GG quotes.
  DC Hangout:
  Gallery Place. Movies, bowling, and ice cream all steps away from the Metro!

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  Lauren Beverly

  MUSIC REVIEWER
  Favorite movie quote:
  “Time is a gift given to you, given to give you the time you need, the time you need to have the time of your life!” – The Phantom Tollbooth
  I binge-watch:
  Classic Doctor Who
  Favorite musician:
  Kenny G

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  Lauren Cash

  Reporter
  Celebrity Crush:
  Theo James
  Currently reading:
  Jack Canfield’s The Success Principles
  DC Hangout:
  U Street & near Howard University

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  Renita Clarke

  PHOTOJOURNALIST

  Favorite Musician:
  Janet Jackson
  My First Concert:
  Janet Jackson
  I Binge-Watch:
  Orphan Black

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  Harry Crosland

  Photographer/Videographer
  Hometown:
  Baltimore, Maryland
  Dream vacation:
  Standing at the foot of the Great Pyramid in Giza
  Favorite Hangout:
  The National Mall

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  Alan Duckworth

  CONCERT REVIEWER
  Favorite Musician:
  Hoyt Curtin
  Currently Reading:
  Civilization and Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud
  Favorite Movie Quote:
  “Float Like A Butterfly, Sting Like A Bee” – Ali

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  Derrick Dunn

  ENTERTAINMENT REPORTER
  Favorite Musician:
  New Edition
  Hometown:
  Lorton, VA
  Favorite Movie Quote:
  “Just let your soul glow!” – Coming To America

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  Rishele Ellison

  PHOTOJOURNALIST
  Celebrity Crush:
  Lloyd and Mario but shhh don’t tell them
  I binge-watch…
  Orange Is the New Black!!! I love that show!
  Currently reading:
  Torts…I’m in law school!

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  Denise Levien

  CONCERT/THEATRE REVIEWER
  I binge-watch…
  “Masters of Sex” and “VEEP”
  Currently reading:
  Dance Upon the Air trilogy by Nora Roberts
  Favorite musician:
  Bret Michaels and Jesse Kinch, 1st “Rising Star” winner

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  Frank Rivera

  Photojournalist – NYC
  Hometown:
  NYC
  Favorite Musician:
  J. Cole & Brandy
  I binge-watch…
  Friends… I can never get enough of that show!
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  Sean Robinson

  PHOTOJOURNALIST
  My first concert:
  KISS on their Dynasty Tour at the Capital Center – July 1979
  Favorite Musician:
  Rush
  Currently reading:
  Captain Beefheart – The Biography by Mike Barnes & Your Song Changed My Life by Bob Boilen