Malia Mendez
Torrance,CA
Summary
Culture writer with degrees in journalism and English from Stanford University. Experienced in data-driven and multimedia journalism.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Editorial Assistant
Los Angeles Times
10.2023 - Current
• Manage mail and newspaper archive; transcribe calls to readers’ representative line; sort incoming books for review; Work Friday breaking entertainment news shift and cover other news as needed, such as 2024 Grammys nominations
Entertainment and Arts Intern
Los Angeles Times
06.2023 - 09.2023
• Wrote about the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, rising musicians, and young adult television and film releases for LA Times print issues and website, totaling 46,141 site visits and 10 conversions
Metro Reporter
Orange County Register
06.2022 - 09.2022
• Wrote about museum curation, Title IX, and independent bookselling for OC Register print issues and website; Authored one of the newspaper’s weekly top-10 most-read stories for three consecutive weeks
Managing Editor of Arts & Life
The Stanford Daily
06.2021 - 02.2022
• Managed a team of 4 desk editors and oversaw 44 writers in the newspaper’s arts and entertainment section; Partnered with performing arts presenter Stanford Live to create the newspaper’s first arts reporting fellowship; Previous Stanford Daily positions: Staff Writer, Staff Photographer, Managing Editor of The Grind, Summer Managing Editor, Desk Editor of the Screen Beat of Arts & Life
Writing Intern
MINT Magazine
10.2018 - 12.2020
• Created and directed content for quarterly issues of Stanford’s fashion and politics magazine and its online platform
Editorial Intern
Los Angeles Magazine
06.2020 - 09.2020
• Wrote articles on Gen Z-edited zines and Instagram activism for the magazine’s digital platform and contributed to its Sep., Oct., and Nov. print issues
Education
Coterminal M.A. Communications (Journalism Track) -
Stanford University
06.2023
B.A. English With Honors (Creative Writing Track) -
Stanford University
06.2022
Skills
- Spanish (conversational)
- RStudio
- Descript
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- Public records requests
Websites
Affiliations
NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists
Hobbies and Interests
- Ballroom dance
- Spoken word poetry
- Collage
- Sustainable fashion
- NHL
Grants and Awards
Stanford Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education Remote
Major Grant Recipient, Jun. 2021 – Sep. 2021
• Researched feminist modernist discourse and interwar publishing by focusing on the digital library archives of contemporary poets Mina Loy and Edna St. Vincent Millay in preparation for undergraduate honors thesis
Stanford Creative Writing Program
Levinthal Tutorial Recipient, Jan. 2021 – Mar. 2021
• Studied under a Stanford Stegner Fellow, composing a longform personal essay about the oft-ignored symptoms of ADHD that are especially prevalent in women, including rejection sensitive dysphoria and emotional dysregulation
Timeline
Editorial Assistant
Los Angeles Times
10.2023 - Current
Entertainment and Arts Intern
Los Angeles Times
06.2023 - 09.2023
Metro Reporter
Orange County Register
06.2022 - 09.2022
Managing Editor of Arts & Life
The Stanford Daily
06.2021 - 02.2022
Editorial Intern
Los Angeles Magazine
06.2020 - 09.2020
Writing Intern
MINT Magazine
10.2018 - 12.2020
Coterminal M.A. Communications (Journalism Track) -
Stanford University
B.A. English With Honors (Creative Writing Track) -
Stanford University
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