POP MINER
Pop miner is a student-run publication that discusses up-to-date, hotly debated pop culture on a weekly basis. Pop culture is like a gigantic ore yard ready to be mined, and Pop Miner here aims to build supportive entryways bridging the connection between the readers and pop culture. Every unique voice is appreciated. Whether the “stone” is a diamond or gold, it all comes down to the individual. It is aimed to cultivate an environment where writers and readers could dig with their own pickaxe and lead the discussions without any barrier. Our professional interests lie in entertainment and arts, specifically movies, music, meme and fashion.
OUR TEAM
Bobby
(Editor-in-Chief)
Bobby loves stories. He profoundly believes that everyone has a story to tell, everyone is a writer, some are written in books and some are confined to their hearts, referenced from a quote from Savi Sharma, an Indian novelist. In his own sweet time, he loves taking photographs as the captured picture is also a representation of stories, with visual stunning. Composing captions for different pictures he has taken is his signature move.
Reece
(Social Media Strategist)
Reece enjoys watching incredibly strange movies, 3-Iron (2004) and Oldboy (2003) are some of her favourites. Her hobbies lie in discovering indie music and watching Japanese anime and manga. In her spare time, she works as a content writer for a psychology page on Instagram, which gives her a grasp of general interests among adolescents and young adults nowadays.
Mellow
(Creative Officer)
Mellow, who calls herself an “artholic”, is passionate about arts and performances. Learning singing and drawing made her teenagehood much fruitful and joyful. “No Art, No Life”, Mellow believes art can facilitate the expression of emotions and bring people together. In fact, she immerses herself in the aesthetic world every day. She quite enjoys being a creative officer. However, she is super picky! The design shown on this website is probably the “Final final final final final version”.
Skylar
(Social Media Strategist)
Skylar is a meme addict. She believes memes are one of the fastest ways to spread a message across the widest border in internet culture. Skylar is known to be the kind of instagram user who posts too many IG Stories that you can't be bothered to watch them all. She is also in love with anime and video games. However, she is not all about the virtual world. Skylar loves baking too! But she is definitely better at it on Cooking Mama than in her mom’s kitchen.
Vicky
(Creative Officer)
Vicky is interested in aesthetic and artistic activities. She is absorbed in styling, beauty and photography. Exploring the differences of these areas in different countries is one of her favourite things to do in her free time. She has been immersed herself into Korean culture since 13 years old, thus Korean beauty is the most familiar for her.
Jack
(Production Officer)
Jack enjoys all kinds of music, holding a belief that “music is universal”. Music can always arouse his emotions, no matter in exciting or calming ways. Music also accompanies and flourishes his ‘me time’ to enjoy reading manga, comics and Japanese literature. He is always willing to share his niche hobbies. As a production officer, Jack is responsible for arranging tasks in order and facilitating the team to gel, to kick it into gear, making significant progress with the planned schedule.
Joel
(Production Officer)
Describing himself as a whetstone in the miner squad, Joel dedicates himself to sharpening productivity via discovering the inner potential of others. Briefly, his duty was to ensure the media's issues go juicy and smooth as planned. “The content, even the fonts, must be satisfied by not only the audiences but also the creators” He persists. He believes the culture is dynamically affected by the stimulation of young blood. To receive novel voices, He works as a counselor in the youth center.