Journalist. Storyteller.
Pop culture enthusiast.

Delaney Van Wilpe is a journalist focused on digital storytelling and audience-driven content. As a story desk editor and digital producer at 5NEWS in Northwest Arkansas, she contributed to major coverage initiatives, including elections, and trained newsroom staff in vertical video production.

Now based in the New Jersey–New York City area, she will begin pursuing a Master of Arts in Journalism at New York University in Fall 2026, focusing on magazine and digital storytelling.

Her experience spans breaking and local news, reporting, copy editing, and page design. With the latest move to the Northeast, she hopes to expand her coverage to include music and pop culture.