https://bellapires.journoportfolio.comRSS Feed for Bella PiresenFri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XJg8kxdnCmofJCZ5NB9luGGkwSFWcjZXQ1tICis-8E8/edit?usp=sharingChapel Hill businesses are utilizing the town and Orange County's green initiatives to eliminate food waste.Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XJg8kxdnCmofJCZ5NB9luGGkwSFWcjZXQ1tICis-8E8/edit?usp=sharinghttps://coulture.org/issues/Coulture Magazine is a fashion and lifestyle magazine that challenges beauty standards by encouraging readers to accentuate their best features rather than conform with unrealistic societal expectations. I was responsible for creating a spread for "The Great Fashion Shake-Up" and "I Got it From My Mommy".Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://coulture.org/issues/https://coulture.org/issues/Coulture Magazine is a fashion and lifestyle magazine that challenges beauty standards by encouraging readers to accentuate their best features rather than conform with unrealistic societal expectations. I was responsible for creating a spread for "The Great Fashion Shake-Up" and "I Got it From My Mommy".Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://coulture.org/issues/https://malamamaui.unc.edu/culture/In March, along with four supervisors and a class of 23 students, I traveled to Maui, Hawai’i, for two weeks to conduct research, interview and collaborate with locals for a 6-page feature story, Mа̄lama Maui: The Land We Hold, about the revival of traditional Native Hawaiian practices in a place deeply shaped by colonization and tourism.Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://malamamaui.unc.edu/culture/https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/fdb32019-ea29-4195-9d42-0ab81f3bb834In 2010,  the UNC School of Medicine’s Office of Research saw a need to offer geriatric- and aging-related training and research to medical students. 16 years later, their solution — the Medical Student Training in Aging Research Program — has expanded to provide opportunities to more than twice  the number of students it could at the time of its founding. MSTAR is a paid 8-10 week summer internship program for medical students seeking a career in geriatric medicine and aging-related research....Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/fdb32019-ea29-4195-9d42-0ab81f3bb834https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/504853/uploads/2881fced-4bf6-41d8-9993-83c35e57352b.pdfI was assigned to redesign a music festival poster. I was inspired by Bonnaroo's older posters, but still kept in mind modernity to create a simple banner that still exudes the ideas and reputation of the event.Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/504853/uploads/2881fced-4bf6-41d8-9993-83c35e57352b.pdfhttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/504853/uploads/c6697eb2-c227-483b-98f3-2a06e2d2f8af.pdfI was assigned to create a bilingual zine. My choice was to design spreads based on the video game series Metal Gear Solid. My chosen language was Portuguese, and I was inspired by the clunkiness of 2000s video game magazines.Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/504853/uploads/c6697eb2-c227-483b-98f3-2a06e2d2f8af.pdfhttps://jfacunc.org/blog/gr37ziwo6vk7qf35a4o7p58f43bkm3Last month, a flurry of European royals and lawmakers faced consequences for their ties to disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the former Prince of Buckingham Palace, was stripped of his titles and evicted from his estate and now faces allegations of sharing confidential trade information with Epstein in 2010. 2,000 kilometers away, former Norwegian Prime Minister and chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Thorbjørn Jagland, was charged with “gro...Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://jfacunc.org/blog/gr37ziwo6vk7qf35a4o7p58f43bkm3https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/da7b55f9-7490-4ef3-8819-e8f6cdab5f22Stay Stylish — that’s the slogan of BOSS, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School's  new fashion business club that launched this semester. BOSS stands for Business of Style Society, an organization aimed at educating and connecting UNC students to business and style-related industries through professional development. The club was founded by Nathaniel Diers, a UNC junior majoring in business and studio art. Like other students searching for connections and resources to find internships, Diers was l...Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/da7b55f9-7490-4ef3-8819-e8f6cdab5f22https://jfacunc.org/blog/52nj0gz44g46c5mwwat3g3kdxpxbnjEurope is currently making legislative moves to protect its consumers from harmful content and foster competitiveness and growth for smaller platforms, giving an excuse for President Donald Trump and the executive branch to respond with insults and threats. Just last month, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez of Spain announced that Spanish prosecutors have been ordered to investigate social media platforms X, Meta, and TikTok for allegedly spreading AI-generated child sexual abuse material. In January...Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://jfacunc.org/blog/52nj0gz44g46c5mwwat3g3kdxpxbnjhttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/504853/images/c7cee6fa-9691-4b98-87a7-ff55a55b3445.pngI was assigned to create a political cartoon on U.S. Canada relations.Mon, 23 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/504853/images/c7cee6fa-9691-4b98-87a7-ff55a55b3445.pnghttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/504853/images/64526024-e823-4338-8ead-fa2b66b418de.pngI was assigned to create an album poster and cover redesign inspired by 1960s Blue Note jazz record coversWed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/504853/images/64526024-e823-4338-8ead-fa2b66b418de.pnghttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/504853/uploads/0cf03e76-8370-439e-9225-41003b931c03.pdfI was commissioned to create a t-shirt design for Carolina Boxing, a boxing club at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/504853/uploads/0cf03e76-8370-439e-9225-41003b931c03.pdfhttps://www.dailytarheel.com/article/978fd23a-202c-4c28-bb89-d79cb6eb3b60Starting fall 2028, Baity Hill —  an on-campus apartment complex for graduate students and student families — will transition to undergraduate housing. Residents of Baity Hill were notified of the change, along with continued summer closures for building maintenance, through an  email on Jan. 13. Named after Dr. Herman Glenn Baity, the former  dean of the UNC School of Public Health and chief engineer for the World Health Organization, the University purchased the Baity Hill House and surround...Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/978fd23a-202c-4c28-bb89-d79cb6eb3b60https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/504853/images/86fb2a7b-3491-44b2-a926-6b9ea29fcdc2.pngI was assigned to create a typographic poster for a makeshift lecture series about contemporary design.Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/504853/images/86fb2a7b-3491-44b2-a926-6b9ea29fcdc2.pnghttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1kyQh-yo2GX3x8jjNsSu6NJaK9M-NwIY3X2pe11bSqdc/edit?usp=sharingThe Trump Administration's funding cuts , mass layoffs and executive orders are changing the visitor experience at national parks.Wed, 03 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kyQh-yo2GX3x8jjNsSu6NJaK9M-NwIY3X2pe11bSqdc/edit?usp=sharinghttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1V6-eGXusx2iJTrXK_wCuFeOp8ZUHNA_bkIqnEOMan-M/edit?usp=sharingUNC's overenrollment of students and Chapel Hill's construction priorities are turning short driving excursions into hours.Sat, 08 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V6-eGXusx2iJTrXK_wCuFeOp8ZUHNA_bkIqnEOMan-M/edit?usp=sharinghttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/504853/uploads/f546d179-f5eb-4081-a4c8-023dc26a6be1.pdfWritten under the tutelage of Timothy Crothers, an author and former senior editor of Sports Illustrated, this is a feature story about a Chapel Hill band prevalent in the '90s called Knocked Down Smilin'.Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/504853/uploads/f546d179-f5eb-4081-a4c8-023dc26a6be1.pdfhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1_scg5uNqvJlFXvFpu95R1ziSd0KQFF7l7TrMUIwKBfQ/edit?usp=sharingBusinesses are at a crossroads as market priorities shift in a changing global environment.Thu, 30 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_scg5uNqvJlFXvFpu95R1ziSd0KQFF7l7TrMUIwKBfQ/edit?usp=sharinghttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1DqtBve5J9wVHKa8t_2qlW22sEymKLqKgZY_cgsrkfd4/edit?usp=sharingChapel Hill's insect populations are shrinking as they battle warmer temperatures and invasive species.Tue, 28 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DqtBve5J9wVHKa8t_2qlW22sEymKLqKgZY_cgsrkfd4/edit?usp=sharinghttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1HXDFfZOnuwSXDaXd6-JlgjqGD4DnlXYsCxZFbRgoaAM/edit?usp=sharingClimate change is devastating the environment in smaller ways that are less noticeable.Thu, 16 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HXDFfZOnuwSXDaXd6-JlgjqGD4DnlXYsCxZFbRgoaAM/edit?usp=sharinghttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1pc32LHzv0ShIGvvqkzz06Tajp41QkubCivXT7P97sD4/edit?usp=sharingNew Hill residents in Wake County are questioning the placement of a new data center in their backyard.Thu, 25 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pc32LHzv0ShIGvvqkzz06Tajp41QkubCivXT7P97sD4/edit?usp=sharinghttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1fMkZ-7YkQIMiZJbJLq6IT2d2Wy8ko_wkfuiJMS4MFIA/edit?usp=sharingOn Thursday, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill held a meeting to gain feedback on the controversial development plans of Carolina North.Thu, 11 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fMkZ-7YkQIMiZJbJLq6IT2d2Wy8ko_wkfuiJMS4MFIA/edit?usp=sharinghttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1aYNnsFqx7CjYa2DIWYKrgQtSzQOO0TabTes8ew3-a38/edit?usp=sharingBusinesses at Eastgate Crossing are still recovering months after Chantal hit the Chapel Hill area with devastating rainfall, causing severe flooding.Thu, 04 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aYNnsFqx7CjYa2DIWYKrgQtSzQOO0TabTes8ew3-a38/edit?usp=sharinghttps://www.dailytarheel.com/article/505ced88-812a-4898-82d0-cd5e3c5cbdc1On Tuesday evening, UNC’s Panhellenic sororities gathered in Polk Place to embrace hundreds of newly inducted sisters, marking the end of the recruitment process. Foster Guns, a UNC sophomore majoring in journalism and political science, said Greek life was not at the forefront of her mind during her first year. Her only exposure to sororities at the time was her mother’s experiences in the 1990s and ‘Bama RushTok:' the viral TikTok trend surrounding sorority recruitment at the University of Al...Thu, 28 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/505ced88-812a-4898-82d0-cd5e3c5cbdc1https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/504853/images/881d5714-1e25-4262-96cd-8331f5f3b342.pngI was assigned to create an infographic that told the musical history of Eddie Vedder, the singer of Pearl JamMon, 07 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/504853/images/881d5714-1e25-4262-96cd-8331f5f3b342.pnghttps://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2db6f2d6-69f5-4b19-a00f-0d946fd49113Members of Duke Mahjong and UNC Mahjong play against each other at the Duke campus on Saturday, March 30, 2025. On March 29, UNC and Duke University students gathered in Duke’s Physics Building — not to partake in a heated rivalry, but in a friendly competition consisting of chatter, boba tea and Mahjong tiles. The universities’ Mahjong clubs kickstarted their first-ever joint tournament featuring the East Asian tabletop game that relies heavily on luck and probability. UNC senior Charmaine C...Sun, 06 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2db6f2d6-69f5-4b19-a00f-0d946fd49113https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/504853/images/0d8a6583-cc1f-462a-b968-dd18a93cad46.pngI was assigned to create a banner and adlob for YETI coolers.Sun, 16 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/504853/images/0d8a6583-cc1f-462a-b968-dd18a93cad46.pnghttps://www.dailytarheel.com/article/13761eb4-92d2-40b6-b77c-3b45133dd2ebThe executive council of HBUNC pose for a photo in front of UNC's bell tower. The longstanding organization serves as a hub for all black students at UNC to meet each other and share cultural experiences. Courtesy photo from HBUNC. “Where connections are made, people are informed, and the masses are entertained,” is the phrase that has remained the motto of Historically Black at UNC since the organization's first Instagram post. The student media group with a diverse catalogue of content was e...Tue, 04 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/13761eb4-92d2-40b6-b77c-3b45133dd2ebhttps://www.dailytarheel.com/article/5d75cd0a-ed9b-4458-ac93-e0039461eec7The UNC Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies hosted their annual debate for the three 2025-26 student body presidential candidates on Wednesday. Jakob Williams is currently serving as secretary of the Undergraduate Student Body. His campaign motto, “A Carolina We Believe In,” echoes the values of his platform, promoting diversity, accessibility and belonging in policies that reflect the student body. “Carolina is a great school to be at,” he said. “However, we have room to grow.” Kailey Wads...Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/5d75cd0a-ed9b-4458-ac93-e0039461eec7