About Us
STUDENT NEWS. STUDENT VIEWS.
The Belmont Vision is the award-winning online news resource for Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee.
Our site — ranked Best College News Site at the 2025 Southeast Journalism Conference — is updated daily with campus news, arts and entertainment coverage, sports and more, all from the Belmont community and beyond.
SENIOR STAFF
Editor in Chief
Nick Rampe ('26) is a double-major in journalism and sport administration from Traverse City, Michigan. He loves to watch and talk about sports (go Lions, Tigers, Pistons, Red Wings and Spartans), listen to and discuss music, play chess and to write. He spends most of his free time in the Vision office, so feel free to say hi!
Managing Editor
Haley Ramsey (’26) is a journalism major with a minor in media production from Washington state. She enjoys reading, playing guitar and cooking homemade meals in her free time. Haley aspires to enter the world of fashion journalism, weaving connections between entertainment, culture, and politics. If she isn’t in the Vision office, she’s most likely at home rewatching Grey’s Anatomy with her cat, Juno.
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News Editor
Georgina America (‘27) is a journalism major from San Jose, California. Her dream job is to make documentaries and to be a broadcast journalist. She loves feature storytelling and covering fashion! Georgina enjoys playing volleyball with the Belmont Volleyball Club and antique shopping when she’s not in the Vision office. Feel free to ask her anything about food, the ocean or just say hello!
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Email: georgina.america@bruins.belmont.edu
Arts, Entertainment & Social Media Editor
Zach Watkins (’26) is an entertainment media industries major with an arts and entertainment journalism minor from Dallas, Texas. He has a passion for storytelling, loves listening to music, creating with friends and teaching dance to anyone (regardless if they asked for it or not). Zach promises he doesn't bite even if he does often make weird noises!
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VNN Executive Producer
Matt Sinofsky ('26) is a media production major and journalism minor from Suffield, Connecticut. He enjoys watching the New England Patriots and Boston Red Sox, playing video games and watching Youtube. He has worked for Belmont's athletic video production team, interned for the podcast Morning Wire, and takes photos and video at local music events. He is part of Vanderbilt University's ROTC program is often running down 12 South and Belmont Blvd. As executive producer, he is excited to continue taking up multiple video roles including as anchor, videographer, and editor!
Email: matt.sinofsky@bruins.belmont.edu
VNN Executive Producer
Quinn Wells ('28) is a media production major from Baltimore, Maryland.
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Email: quinn.wells@belmont.edu
Sports Editor
Reece Leddy ('27) is a journalism major from Greenland, New Hampshire. He loves talking all things sports following all his boston sports teams back at home. Outside of reporting on the Bruins across all sports, He is a co-frontman of his very own punk band. He loves bands like blink-182, Twenty One Pilots, Descendents, and Sum 41. If you want to talk about Drake Maye, Tom DeLonge and Mark Hoppus’s vocals in Feeling This or something actually important, stop in and chat.
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Audio Editor
Ava Burns (‘28) is a journalism major with a theater minor from the suburbs of Chicago. She works mainly as a member of the audio team, hosting and editing podcast episodes. She is a Bruin recruiter and a member of Curtains Up Belmont. She has performed in about 20 theatrical productions, so she can be seen singing to herself at any given moment. Her biggest goal as a journalist would be to anchor the news one day and host a podcast of her own post-grad!
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Email: ava.burns@bruins.belmont.edu
Faculty Adviser
Dorren Robinson is an assistant professor of journalism and award-winning former journalist. She wrote for The Tennessean for more than 15 years before entering the world of academia. She teaches Foundations of Journalism, Writing for Media and Advanced Storytelling. Her office is Johnson Center 106.
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Email: dorren.robinson@belmont.edu
Senior Writer
Olivia Abernathy ('29) is a journalism major and a psychology minor. She was born and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina but loves being in Nashville. She wants to be an investigative journalist. Olivia was the founder and editor-in-chief of her high school newsletter for three years, and she attended the Washington Journalism and Media Conference. When she's not writing articles, you can find her reading books, collecting books, writing books or poetry and listening to music. She is also involved in the Belmont Navigators and RUF. If you're ever passing by the office and you see her, please stop in and say hi!
Senior Producer
Alex Zock (‘29) is an Audio Engineering Technology major and Media Production and Business Administration double minor from Austin, Texas. She enjoys getting to know people, hanging out with old friends, and enjoying live events! She wants to work in the live event space in audio or video. She is really excited to be joining the Vision team.
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Senior Writer
Sam Dicus ('29) is a Journalism major from Sparta, Tennessee. He is an avid sports fan who roots for the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Tennessee Titans. When he’s not watching the Dodgers win in October or the Titans lose on Sunday, he enjoys reading and playing pickleball. If you ever see him in the Vision office, feel free to stop and say hi or talk about sports!
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Email: sam.dicus@bruins.belmont.edu
Want to join the staff?
Weekly staff meetings are open to all and are held every Monday at 10 a.m. in the Vision office, located in Johnson Center 108.
We gladly welcome any student to contribute, regardless of media experience or major.
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Stop by our office any time or connect with the Vision on Instagram.