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.
EDITORIAL BOARD
Arts, Entertainment, and Audio Editor
Ava Burns (‘28) is a journalism major with a theater and Spanish double minor from the suburbs of Chicago. She is the Audio and A&E editor. 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
News Editor
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!
Sports Editor
Sam Dicus ('29) is a Journalism major and Sports Admin minor 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
Arts, Entertainment & Social Media Editor
Carla Loreta (‘27) is a journalism major with a minor in Theater & Drama. As the social media manager and an A&E editor for Belmont Vision, she is passionate about content creation and news writing. She has been involved in the performing arts, such as musical theatre and competitive dance, for 15 years and can play two musical instruments. In the future, Carla hopes to specialize in sports journalism and work as a trackside reporter for Formula One.
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VNN Executive Producer
Alex Zock (‘29) is an Audio Engineering Technology major and Media Production and Business Administration double minor from Austin, Texas. Outside of the Vision, she is the Video Content Manager for Showcase Series, the Event Coordinator for Women in Audio, and leads Young Life for college students with disabilities. She enjoys getting to know people, hanging out with old friends, and going to live events! She wants to work in the live event space in audio or video. She is really excited to be continuing at The Vision.
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VNN Executive Producer
Quinn Wells ('28) was born and raised in Ellicott City, Maryland, where he spent his time playing baseball, going to school, and holding a camera.
Wells is currently studying Media Production with a minor in Music Business at Belmont University in Nashville, TN, where he is learning the ins and outs of the content creation world as well as the live entertainment world. His current role as Executive Producer for Belmont Vision has given him the highest experience of producing for a targeted audience, as well as being able to film, edit, and post content with tight turnarounds.
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Senior Contributor: Multimedia Journalist
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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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
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.
