Elle.com
is one of the most prominent fashion magazine websites out there, and I had the
pleasure of speaking with the associate editor, Kristina Rodulfo. She explained
the challenges and benefits of her job, as well as the work she is most proud
of.
1. What's the best part about your job?
I work
with an incredibly collaborative, creative team who I learn from everyday. I’m
constantly in awe with the way they are always three steps ahead of the rest of
the internet and have had the best training thanks to them. I also love that I
get to cover a variety of topics from social issues to celebrity news to
beauty and fashion trends, as well as explore different kinds of writing from
employing humor in quippy, short blog posts to flexing my longform skills in a
profile.
2.
What's the hardest part about your job?
Because
it is a digital publication, we work long hours at an incredibly fast pace, and
are always “on.” If some news breaks over the weekend or late at night when you
might regularly be off work, you have to jump on and figure out how to approach
it. That can mean a difficulty achieving a work-life balance, but at least you
always have your team in the trenches with you. In the end, it is always worth
it.
3.
What college did you go to?
I went to
NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study.
4. What did you major in?
At
Gallatin we could create our own major–so I made Creative Non-Fiction, which
was a combination of traditional journalism specialized with writing longform
(think: personal essays, 5000-word profiles, etc) focused on writers in the
diaspora, who wrote about their immigrant-hyphenate identities (like Edwidge
Danticat).
5.
What's your favorite piece that you've written for Elle?
It’s hard
to pick from since I can write up to five stories a day! I think I really loved
“Young Muslim American Women are Fighting Stereotypes with Self Defense.” When
Islamaphobia was taking root last year amidst the presidential election,
I spent a day with a group of Muslim American women who not only gave high
school and college aged women the leadership skills to fight back, but literal
fighting skills in case of physical danger (an all too terrifying reality for
many Muslim women). I produced a video and wrote this piece.
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