Meet The Student Behind the Instagram Account @spottedviu

Elke Sorensen | Associate Media Editor
In this edition of Elke’s on the Island, Elke Sorensen gets in contact with one of the administrators behind the campus popular Instagram page: Spottedviu. The account, which has over 1 thousand followers, is a platform for students to send in personal ads, missed connections, rants, and raves about campus to be posted anonymously to the page. The admin speaks about the motives behind the page, what it’s like running it, all without revealing their identity.

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| Vol. 57, No. 3 | Audio

Meet The Student Behind the Instagram Account @spottedviu

by The Navigator | Elke's on the Island

Meet The Student Behind the Instagram Account @spottedviu

by The Navigator | Elke's on the Island

Elke, a person with fair skin and grayish-blue eyes gives a faint smile while standing before green foliage. Their light brown hair has blond highlights and is styled in two long front braids with shorter layers framing the face. They wear a gray crewneck sweatshirt and have a silver septum ring, nostril stud, and silver earrings.

Elke Sorensen

Elke is in her final year of the Bachelor of Arts program at VIU with a major in Creative Writing and a minor in Media Studies. She’s been a volunteer at CHLY 101.7FM for three years as a host for the VIU Meter as well as her very own literary show, Writer’s Block. Elke has also spent the last two summers in the city of Yellowknife, NWT, working as a broadcast intern for Cabin Radio and hosting Evenings with Elke, a show that featured Canadian authors and musicians. Although she previously worked as a staff writer for The Navigator, she has settled into a role as Associate Media Editor and podcaster. Her podcast, Elke’s on the Island, is available to stream on Spotify. After graduation, Elke will continue to work on her canine-themed weird horror short story collection while living in and exploring the spectacular NWT as a broadcast journalist.

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