Occupation Journalist Name Rose Aguilar | Role Journalist | |
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Alma mater Saint Mary's College of California Education Saint Mary's College of California Books Red Highways: A Liberal's Journey Into the Heartland | ||
Rose Aguilar (Part Two): Gentrification, and the Mission: A Community Discussion for Action
Rose Aguilar is a progressive journalist and radio host from San Francisco, California.
Contents
- Rose Aguilar Part Two Gentrification and the Mission A Community Discussion for Action
- Radio
- Author
- Community involvement
- References
Radio
Since 2006, Aguilar has hosted Your Call, a daily public affairs radio show on NPR-affiliate KALW FM 91.7. Prior to becoming the show's host, Aguilar was a producer and guest host for the show. Aguilar also hosts the Activist Beat with Rose Aguilar, "a weekly roundup of progressive activism that the mainstream media ignores, undercovers, or misrepresents."
Before joining KALW, Aguilar spent eight years as a reporter with CNET Radio, where she reported on technology's impact on society.
Author
Aguilar is the author of Red Highways: A Liberal's Journey into the Heartland, which documented a six-month road trip she took to the so-called "red states" to interview people about issues and voting tendencies.
Aguilar is a contributor to the book Red State Rebels: Tales of Grassroots Resistance in the Heartland.
Aguilar writes a weekly commentary for KPFK. Aguilar also writes for AlterNet and Truthout, and offers political analysis for the BBC.
Community involvement
Aguilar sits on the board of the Women's Intercultural Network (WIN), a non-profit organization working to connect girls and women across borders. Aguilar speaks about the media, women's issues, and progressive politics on panels and at conferences. Aguilar is a member of the Native American Journalists Association, San Francisco Women on the Web and Journalism and Women Symposium, and is a vegan.