<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2025/amanda-castro.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>01/21/2025</pubDate><title>An Alumna’s Journey from Student-Run Horseshoe Magazine to Newsweek</title><description>Amanda Castro ’22 shares how her time at the University of New Haven shaped her love for journalism, preparing her for a fast-paced role covering the 2024 election for Newsweek.</description><hide-description/><author>Caitlin Truesdale</author><author-details>Office of Marketing and Communications</author-details><hide-author/><date>January 21, 2025</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/news/non-college-specific/blog/2025/castro-charger-bulletin.jpg" alt="Amanda Castro ’22, previous managing editor for the Charger Bulletin"/></image><image-caption>Amanda Castro ’22, previous managing editor for the Charger Bulletin</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>college-arts-sciences</tag><tag>name-susan-campbell</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>office-alumni</tag><tag>program-ug-communication</tag><tag>year-2025</tag></tags></item>