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Kinsey graduated cum laude with a B.A. in business journalism in 2017 from Washington & Lee, where her favorite class was (unsurprisingly) reporting on business. She split her time between Leyburn and the top floor of Reid Hall, where she worked on the Rockbridge Report all four years. She also served as the Ring-Tum Phi's managing editor and on the leadership team of W&L's SJC chapter.
Rachel Adams-Heard graduated from Washington and Lee in 2016 as a business journalism major. While at W&L, she interned at KUT News in Austin, CBS Evening News in Washington, The Charlotte Observer and twice at Bloomberg News. After a year-and-a-half-long stint covering energy at S&P Global Market Intelligence in Washington, she now works at Bloomberg in Houston, where she covers the oil and gas industry.
Bruce Potter graduated from Washington and Lee in 1985 with a journalism major. He worked as a reporter and editor for The Richmond News Leader and the Richmond Times-Dispatch for 14 years before moving into positions with the newspapers' parent company, Media General Inc. He is now chief operating officer and co-managing partner of Rappahannock Media LLC. The group publishes five local weekly newspapers in Northern Virginia, four community lifestyles magazines, and the region's largest news website, InsideNoVa.com.