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Navigating a Career in Journalism as the Only Latina Voice at Rolling Stone | Julyssa Lopez


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This week Rolling Stone Magazine’s Senior Music Editor, Julyssa Lopez joins Alyi V on Growing Up Latina. Julyssa's family hails from Nicaragua, growing up she reflects on wanting to pursue a career in journalism. She has written cover stories on legendary acts like Rosalia, Rauw Alejandro, Daddy Yankee and her latest feature story on Bad Bunny, which took the world by storm. She prides herself on amplifying stories, showing other Latinos that it is possible to accomplish all goals even in a predominantly White male industry. Julyssa  also reflects on balancing motherhood, her career and raising her two year old son. You don’t want to miss this one as she gives us an inside scoop into the world of entertainment journalism and media!

 

  • Teaser: 00:00:00 - 00:00:33

  • Introducing guest: 00:01:05 - 00:01:43

  • If you were to summarize your work for your last ten years and the ones you’ll produce in the next ten, what would you say? What’s your mission? : 00:01:47 - 00:03:23

  • Early life/childhood: 00:03:24 - 00:05:39

  • What memories does she remember from her sala?: 00:05:40 - 00:10:40

  • School: 00:10:40 - 00:13:40

  • How she found her place in her career: 00:14:43 - 00:21:23

  • What does she look for when getting and depicting a story?: 00:21:24 - 00:23:26

  • Latin Explosion: 00:23:27 - 00:28:38

  • What does being Latinx look or sound like?: 00:28:38- 00:29:55

  • Rolling Stone/ Bad Bunny Rolling Stone Story: 00:29:57 - 00:43:20

  • Steps to take/mindset to have if you want to be a journalist/in media: 00:43:25 - 00:47:00

  • Motherhood: 00:47:00- 00:51:25

  • The global impact of trends in the industry: 00:51:27- 00:55:02

  • What artists does she think are up next?: 00:55:02 - 00:57:00

  • What trends does she see dying down?: 00:57:00 - 00:59:00

  • Who’s on the next cover of Rolling Stone? 00:59:00 - 00:59:37

  • Rapid Fire: 00:59:37 - 01:03:15

 

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Growing Up LatinaBy Alyi V