Cat Bytes is a Web-only magazine produced by students at California State University, Chico as part of “Internet Newspapers & Magazines,” a course offered by the Department of Journalism.

Jorge Barrientos, content

Jorge will be graduating in May with a journalism degree (news-ed) and a minor in music. His career goals include writing for the Orange County Register and starting his own hip-hop music magazine. A fun fact about Jorge is that he has traveled to 11 countries. In addition to his work on Cat Bytes, Jorge is a reporter (and soon will be news editor) for The Orion, Chico State's award-winning student newspaper. Search for his stories at www.orion-online.net

E-mail Jorge at jbarrientoswu@yahoo.com.

Ashley Carter, content

Ashley Carter is a senior at Chico State majoring in journalism, with an option in public relations, and minoring in women’s studies. She will be graduating in May of 2006; shortly after she is planning to move to New York where she dreams of pursuing a career in PR.

E-mail Ashley at MaltwormAC@hotmail.com or acarter13@mail.csuchico.edu

Tim Gilmour, content

Tim is a senior at Chico State majoring in journalism, with an emphasis on news-ed and a minor in music. He is a big sports fan and his dream job would be working as a sports writer for a magazine or newspaper.

E-mail Tim at tim8282@hotmail.com and here are links to his blog and personal Web site.

Jonathan Glen, design

Jonathan is a senior at Chico State majoring in journalism with an emphasis in news-ed after graduation he plans to enroll in Law school. His interests include photography, travel, constitutional law, logic, philosophical values and all things active.

E-mail Jonathan at Jonathan.Glen@gmail.com.

Scott Jason, design coordinator

Scott is a Chico State senior majoring in journalism, with a news-editorial option, and minoring in English. He plans to graduate in December 2005 and currently works as weekend reporter for Chico's Enterprise-Record. He hopes to work at a daily metropolitan newspaper as a reporter after graduation.

E-mail Scott at scott@kuker.com and here's a link to his personal Web site.

Brian Kennedy, design & Cat Bytes logo design

Brian is the photo editor for Chico State's award-winning student-run newspaper, The Orion. Brian has a passion for photojournalism and will most likely work for a daily newspaper after graduating with a bachelor's degree in journalism in May. Brian will be the first member of his family to graduate from a university and will be followed only minutes later by his brother Justin, who is a communication design major.

E-mail Brian at xuphrus@aol.com.

Robert LaHue, copyediting & guestbook

Along with working on Cat Bytes, Robert is the online editor of The Orion. After graduation in December 2005, he will start as a writer for the Paradise Post, a triweekly newspaper. Robert also is the owner and Webmaster of hamstercult.com.

E-mail Robert at  rob@hamstercult.com

Travis Miller, copyediting coordinator

Travis is a senior journalism major at Chico State and will be graduating in the spring of 2006. He will be managing editor of The Orion in the spring. Travis' goal is to work as a copy editor for a medium or large-sized newspaper.

E-mail Travis at tmiller25@mail.csuchico.edu.

Chris Montoya, copyediting

Chris is graduating in December 2005 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism, with an emphasis on public relations, and a minor in creative writing.  For 2006, Chris plans to move to the Bay Area and begin his search for a position at a public relations agency in San Francisco, where he hopes to do PR for tech companies.

E-mail Chris at cmontoya777@hotmail.com.

Kurt Richter, copyediting

Kurt is a senior at Chico State majoring in journalism, with an emphasis in news editorial. An avid music and sports fan, Kurt would like to be a writer or copy editor for a sports or music magazine. His ultimate aspiration would be to work for Rolling Stone or ESPN- The Magazine. Growing up on the East Coast, Kurt would like to return home for his professional career, after he graduates in January 2007.

E-mail Kurt at richter27@comcast.net.

Maritza Rodriguez, content

Maritza is a senior at Chico State majoring in journalism with an emphasis in news/editorial and minoring in Latin American studies.  She is fluent in Spanish and hopes to work with Spanish media in print or broadcasting. This summer Maritza plans on traveling throughout Costa Rica and Mexico. In addition to Cat Bytes, Maritza is a writer for The Orion, Chico State’s award-winning newspaper, and is a volunteer for the Jackie Faris-Rees Leadership Program.

E-mail Maritza at maritza5r5@yahoo.com and here's a link to her personal Web site.

Grant Sanregret, content

Grant is a senior at California State University, Chico where he is a journalism major with an emphasis on public relations. Grant will be graduating in May 2006 and hopes to get into the field of sports journalism and broadcasting. Grant currently works for KEWE The Sportsfan 1340 and KPAY News Talk 1290 radio stations. Grant loves to be out doors and is a serious Disc Golf player.

E-mail Grant at gsanregret@mail.csuchico.edu and here's a link to his personal Web site.

Debbie Schuster, design

Debbie is a senior at Chico State majoring in journalism, with an emphasis in publics relations, and minoring in Sociology. She is president of the Chico State Field Hockey team and a member of Chico State's Sports Club Council. When Debbie is not at Chico State she is a promoter for companies in the the Bay Area and umpires for the Almaden Valley Girls Softball League.  

E-mail Debbie at deb_shoes@hotmail.com.

Jenna Severi, design

Jenna is graduating in May 2006 from Chico State with a bachelor's degree in journalism, with an emphasis in news editorial and minor in women's studies. After graduation Jenna wants to work for a local magazine (maybe even an online publication) to further her writing skills and get more experience in the field.  Jenna's ideal job would be working for a sports magazine.

E-mail Jenna at jseveri@mail.csuchico.edu and here's a link to her personal Web site.

Kevin Snyder, content

Kevin is a senior at Chico State and is majoring in journalism, with an emphasis on news editorial. Kevin hopes for a future in baseball sporting news with the ultimate aspiration of working for ESPN.

E-mail Kevin at kevsny13@hotmail.com.

Lauren St. Pierre, content coordinator

E-mail Lauren at laurenstpierre@yahoo.com.

Carli Thorkelson, copyediting

Carli is a senior at Chico State majoring in journalism, with an emphasis on news-ed. She is the copy editor for the entertainment section of The Orion, Chico State's award-winning newspaper. Her dream is to one day work for Entertainment Weekly. A fun fact about Carli is that she loves sports and plays fantasy sports as well.

E-mail Carli at catn3d@aol.com and here's a link to her personal Web site.

Patty Youngclaus, design and copyediting

Patty, a super-senior at Chico State, is graduating in May 2006. She expects that her journalism degree, with an emphasis in public relations, teamed with her creative writing minor will make her millions one day. Patty loves to dance, sing and laugh; she is easily entertained.

 E-mail Patty at pyoungclaus@hotmail.com.