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IHS Knight News

The student news site of Independence High School in Frisco, Texas

IHS Knight News

The student news site of Independence High School in Frisco, Texas

IHS Knight News

IHS Knight News Staff 2025-2026 Staff

Ruchira Prasad
Executive Producer

Ruchira Prasad

Ruchira Prasad is a senior in her third year of Knight News. On campus, she is also active in Student Ambassadors and MUN, and loves getting to meet new people. In her free time, she likes to swim, make her own jewelry, and spend too much time on the NYT Connections.

Akshit "Ak" Srivastava
Lead Editor

Akshit “Ak” Srivastava

Ak Srivastava is a junior in his second year of Knight News. He has a passion for photography and videography, both in and out of Knight News. He is also interested in Information Technology and Networking, and is most likely to pursue one or the other in his future. Furthermore, he enjoys spending time with his family and playing video games with his friends.

Deja Barnett
Lead Anchor

Deja Barnett

Deja Barnett is a Junior and this is her second year in Knight News! As the lead anchor, she is now the face of the news desk. She does anchoring, morning announcements, and graphics. She has a positive attitude, always smiling, and always nice towards others! She loves making new friends on her team and coming together to create new things. Outside of school she does track and is in the A Cappella ...

Padma Allamsetty
Reporter

Padma Allamsetty

Padma Allamsetty is a senior in her first year of Knight News. She has a passion for photography and videography and wants to get better at editing and graphic design. Outside of Knight News, she enjoys spending time with her friends and being outdoors. In the future, she plans to go into medicine or healthcare. 

Reva Maddineni
Reporter

Reva Maddineni

Reva Maddineni is a senior and this is her first year in Knight News. She is very interested in photography and videography and hopes to learn how to use both aspects in a broadcast setting as well as with editing as the year progresses. She is also heavily involved in Knight Theatre and TEDx at school. Outside of school, she enjoys spending time with her family and seeing new places. ...

Daniel Galler
Reporter

Daniel Galler

Daniel Galler is a senior in his first year of Knight News. He is an artist who typically draws OCs and anime characters. Additionally, he is interested in photography and videography. He plays video games and chess for fun in his free time. After he graduates, he is thinking of going to the military but is still considering it. 

Nathan Yam
Reporter

Nathan Yam

Nathan Yam is a junior and this is his first year in Knight News. He watches an absurd amount of movies and plays a lot of video games. He also likes to explore and make music as well as taking photography. Nathan is an aspiring filmmaker and wants to learn everything about movies and cinematography.

Hannah Arnold
Reporter

Hannah Arnold

Hannah Arnold is a sophomore and this is her first year in Knight News. She has a passion for editing videos and wants to get better at photography and filming. When she grows up, she wants to go into the film industry (mainly video editing). Outside of school she enjoys cooking, DIY crafts and playing video games with friends.

Aishani Tripathy
Reporter

Aishani Tripathy

Aishani Tripathy is a senior in her first year of Knight news. She is also involved in Academic Decathlon and Model UN in school. She is passionate about movies and all kinds of media, and you can find her always with a pair of headphones in her ears. 

Zachary Lieberman
Reporter

Zachary Lieberman

 Zach is a senior who is in his first year of Knight News. He is also involved in Academic Decathlon. In his free time, he enjoys listening to vinyls, playing Roblox with his friends, and playing with his dogs.

Talon Harcey
Editor

Talon Harcey

Talon is a junior in his first year of Knight News. He is an aspiring writer and producer, with skills in editing and composition. His interests are that of tactics, video games, modern comedy, and writing.