Anjolina Fantaroni

Executive Director

Anjolina Fantaroni ’26 is a journalism major with a minor in leadership studies. Fantaroni serves as executive director of Elon News Network and previously served as broadcast news director. She is also involved in the Isabella Cannon Leadership Fellows Program, Elon’s First Generation Society and the Elon Social Media Ambassador Program. In addition to her role at ENN, Fantaroni holds two on-campus positions in Elon Admissions as an operations and communications assistant and a tour guide.

Recent Articles

NEWS 3/18/26 12:45pm

Local nonprofit raises money to pay ABSS school lunch debt

By Anjolina Fantaroni

The total cost of lunch debt across public schools nationwide is $194 millions, according to a 2025 report from the Education Data Initiative. North Carolina accumulates $243,639,200 a year. However, the lunch debt from the Alamance-Burlington School System will not be a part of that number anymore — because as of right now, it has none.

LIFESTYLE 3/17/26 1:15pm

Local youth program helps teens explore filmmaking, acting

By Anjolina Fantaroni

Teen 2 Teen Video & Theatre, an Alamance County production group, is giving teenagers a chance to showcase their creativity, with help from a Queens University of Charlotte alum. Katie Farrell, who graduated from Queens in 2019, said she was searching for a job when she found an opening at Thataways Youth Center that closely matched her major, a Bachelor of Arts in multimedia storytelling. She first worked for Teen 2 Teen’s summer film lab. 

NEWS 3/16/26 10:12am

Alamance County enters tornado watch, some March 16 classes canceled

By Anjolina Fantaroni and Megan Walsh

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for Alamance County that will be in effect until 2 p.m. March 16. his watch comes as part of a big storm movement coming into Alamance County on March 16. In another email sent to students by Dooley at 10:36 a.m., he announced that in-person meetings on Elon’s campus for classes March 16 between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. are canceled. 

NEWS 3/10/26 4:41pm

Elon University receives ‘A’ in ADL report card for 3rd straight year

By Anjolina Fantaroni and Miles Hayford

The Anti-Defamation League released its third Campus Antisemitism Report Card, assessing 150 colleges across criteria concerning administrative policies, Jewish life on campus and campus conduct and climate concerns. Elon University received an “A” for the third straight year, joining 22 other schools nationwide that earned the top grade. Duke University, Wake Forest University, and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, all earned “B’s.” North Carolina State University received a “D”, one of eight across the nation to receive that grade.

NEWS 3/7/26 11:43am

Gas leak prompts evacuations in Historic Neighborhood

By Virginia Vance and Anjolina Fantaroni

At 10:42 a.m., an E-Alert sent out by Elon University warned the campus of a gas leak and told the community to stay clear of the Historic Neighborhood until further notice. The smell of gasoline had begun to waft over the neighborhood twenty minutes earlier. Soon after, five fire engines congregated on East Haggard and blocked off street access. Students in buildings around the Duke Building were evacuated to the outside throughout the Historic Neighborhood, staying clear of the leak. 

NEWS 3/4/26 7:47pm

Elon University expands AI education with summer camp

By Anjolina Fantaroni

This summer, Elon will offer a new program that aims to introduce middle school students to AI concepts. The university will host a weeklong summer day camp in June for middle school students focused on artificial intelligence through hands-on activities and digital game design. The camp, called AI Play, will be led by faculty from the Department of Computer Science and is now open for registration.

NEWS 2/25/26 5:09pm

Elon to adopt new learning management system following fall review of Moodle platform

By Anjolina Fantaroni

Students logging into their courses next academic year may notice a shift in how assignments, grades and course materials are organized as Elon transitions from Moodle, its old learning management system, to Canvas by Instructure, its new one. The decision followed a campuswide evaluation of Moodle that included surveys and open forums, according to Teaching and Learning Technologies Senior Director Kelly Reimer.

NEWS 2/24/26 1:05pm

Community funds anti-child exploitation project

By Anjolina Fantaroni

As a mother and Vice President of Development for the Invictus Project, Whitney Miller said there was no way she could ignore child exploitation. The Invictus Project is a nonprofit organization that supports the Invictus Task Force — a multiagency uniting Randolph, Alamance, Davidson and Forsyth County Sheriff's Offices with Homeland Security Investigations and the State Bureau of Investigation.

NEWS 2/4/26 5:47pm

ABSS plans to better district with 6-step rezoning plan

By Anjolina Fantaroni

The Alamance-Burlington School System has a six-step plan for its district-wide rezoning, developed in collaboration with SchoolCAMP, a professional consulting firm affiliated with North Carolina State University’s Institute for Transportation Research and Education. The plan, currently in its second phase, is expected to be complete by spring 2026. It includes a land use study, community engagement, zonal mapping, a board vote, family notification and implementation. The rezoning will then take effect in the 2026-27 academic year. 

NEWS 2/2/26 2:27pm

DOJ files reveal Jeffrey Epstein paid tuition for former Elon University student

By Charlotte Pfabe , Anjolina Fantaroni and Miles Hayford

Files released by the Department of Justice revealed that financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein paid tuition for a student attending Elon University in fall 2009. Documents show that Epstein paid $12,744 toward Fall Term tuition for a student identified as "Thomas," the son of Jeanne Brennan Wiebracht, the former campaign accountant for then-U.S. Virgin Islands Gov. John de Jongh.

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NEWS 04/29/2026 11:06am
Elon alums share first-hand reactions to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting

Investigators are still working to determine the motive behind the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday evening. There were over 2,000 people at the dinner, including Elon alums. Seated on the ground level, Annemarie Bonner ‘23 said she first wasn’t sure what she had heard, but when she realized it was gunshots, the night turned into her worst nightmare. 

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