On this episode, we’re joined by Frances Solá-Santiago. Frances is a fashion writer at Refinery29 and also does freelance work for other prominent outlets. She’s a graduate of the University of Puerto Rico and Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.
Frances talked about how the MTV show ‘The Hills’ and an early interest in fashion magazines set her career path. She explained the wide range of stories that touch fashion that she covers (one week Chat GPT, another week, famous scammers, another week a personal piece on engagement rings). She talked about the importance of covering Latinx in fashion and music. And she shared what her first book will be about.
Frances’ salutes:
Andrea González Ramirez, The Cut and founder of Latinas in Journalism Mentorship Program
Claudia Irizarry Aponte, The City
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Tim Whitaker, Executive Director - Mighty Writers
Laurie Ezzell Brown, The Canadian Record (Texas)
Sarah Spicer, Committee to Protect Journalists
Tiffany Tan, Reporter: VTDigger
Luella Brien: Editor-In-Chief, Four Points Press; Journalism Teacher
Jared Council, Senior Editor, Forbes
Roxanne Scott, Senior Producer Futuro Media Group
Karen Hawkins, Story Editor: The 19th*
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Raegan Miller, Reporter KRBD (Ketchikan, Alaska) + Report for America
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Yanqi Xu, Reporter: Flatwater Free Press
Kasha Patel, Deputy Weather Editor, Washington Post
Inez Russell Gomez, Editorial Page Editor at The Santa Fe New Mexican
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