mónica marie zorrilla
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versatile (and hirable) journalist🍿pop culture + showbiz + feature writing👩🏽💻 grown in miami🍊philly FOREVER🦅 @haverfordedu/@nyuniversity👩🏽🎓@nahj🇨🇺
happy in the land o’ lakes🛶🌈
Joined April 2013
i miss writing features and profiles and doing original reporting and investigating and.
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@Phil_Lewis_ these read like the texts I used to send my abusive college boyfriend after he was interrogated by the school’s title IX coordinators — twice — after they received complaints and heard concerns from folks living in our respective sophomore halls.
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@Phil_Lewis_ as a reporter I am imparting no official judgement on Majors… not yet, anyway, and not publicly. however, at the end of the day I’m a survivor of psychological, verbal, and sexual abuse, and I know how this cycle goes. (and yes, abuse is cyclical— rarely a one time incident.).
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prayer circle, hope this works:. 🕯. 🕯 applications 🕯. 🕯 i submit are not for 🕯 . 🕯 "ghost jobs" 🕯. 🕯 and will be 🕯. 🕯 read 🕯. 🕯.
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@Lily_PolisStan question: does it hurt snails when u touch their little antennas? when i was little I thought it was cute to gently boop them and watch them coil down, but now i’m wondering if that was evil 😩.
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@ask_aubry idk like steve seems like a cool dude and a genuinely nice person… he’s not my type, but damn at least he’s refreshingly sincere… would become friends with him and wish him the best in his search for true love, tbh
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i want avatar 2 to win big at the box office so that we get to see more glowy shiny pretty things and blue humanoids in 3d for the next decade or so.
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@FilmUpdates if this is an april fools joke it’s kind of a shitty one 🫤 a lot of us would love latino superman.
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@ryanbeckwith hehe, that was Yesterday’s Main Character— according to Today’s, at 28 and a lil over a decade out from high school, i might as well be a rotting (UNMARRIED) corpse.
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this is the song version of princess diana’s black dress.
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@himerinniki he’s my dream best friend bc there’s nothing more that i love than a themed party and most of my friends aren’t down to commit like this.
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latinos stay getting disrespected in hollywood.
EXCLUSIVE: HBO Max has opted not to renew 1980s coming-of-age comedy series ‘Gordita Chronicles’ for a second season
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@LaurenJauregui @SavageXFenty a woman of courage and confidence 💅 . (real sacred heart sisters know).
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@fayemikah went to a starbucks one time w/ my cousin jaime and they spelled his name “hymen” wish i had photographic evidence.
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there's so much to say. but this is my SPICIEST (but not so spicy at all) take: some of last night's "shockers" wouldn't have been as shocking with 1. more latinos in your newsrooms 2. more investment in arts and culture journalism (which includes internet culture coverage).
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job hunting is so mortifying surely someone can invent a better/cooler/more effective alternative to linkedin.
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any niche job boards out there that you’ve found to be better than linkedin for journalism or journalism-adjacent jobs? (ft, pt, contract, all are welcome?) drop your wisdom here 🙏🏼👩🏽💻.
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I'm looking to speak with folks who have studied fandoms and have a lot to say about racism in fandoms— especially racism in Star Wars, Marvel, and Percy Jackson — or with folks who are experts in diversity in media, media literacy, and cyberbullying. please DM me, or. (1/3).
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@varsha_venkat_ You're a kind prof! I was in the hospital for a week in 2021 w/ severe sepsis. My prof made me hunt down TWO hospital docs to verify that I was low-key dying, then wound up giving me an F for a midterm due that week anyway lol. (NYU thankfully graced me with a free withdrawal🥴).
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@OliviaMesser I got roofied 10 yrs ago when I was in high school and went to a club in Miami. I’ll never forget how I felt after, how scary the stuff I could remember felt during it, and how embarrassing it was to hear what happened. Glad you are safe & hope you’re okay! Drink a Pedialyte.
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it’s so cute that our former multi-millionaire/cartoon villain employer thinks that it’s “wonderful” that we had to launch a gofundme to help his laid-off employees make ends meet because he didn’t pay us severance or even have the courtesy of extending cobra past february 💕
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bruh. meanwhile, a whole bunch of amazing ETHICAL journalists are out here hoping you’ll take a chance on us.
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@AM_Pines we need to make a group chat for us People Who Know People That Went Viral For All The Wrong Reasons.
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@LeilaHormozi @thejustinwelsh lmao not self-professing being "healthier and happier than 99.99% of the world". 🥴.
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@notgwendalupe still had some of the most stunning animation disney has ever produced like the color palette is breathtaking.
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The cat is outta the bag— I’m super duper elated to be joining Variety as a TV Reporter 📺 . My start date is Jan. 4. I’ll be telecommuting from Minneapolis until *gestures at everything* is over. Looking forward to being in the West Coast and reporting from the L.A. office🌴🙌.
Mónica Marie Zorrilla Joins Variety as a TV Reporter
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had a final interview yesterday at 10 am ct and still haven’t heard back :)) after eight months of job hunting :))) after my newsroom shut down entirely and left 300+ of us high and dry in thee worst market :)))) gonna doordash some cookies.
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@______4L5 @AgentAlexS1 he made a deal with the devil to make gt’s synergy taste so damn good and we’re all better off bc of it.
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yeah, way too many of us are getting let go or pushed out of the media industry.
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just read an article that implied some of y’all are relishing in the messenger’s misfortune, gleeful that 300 burnt-out people were misled, mistreated, & lost their jobs. ew. don’t do that. choose kindness. you never know — especially in this industry — when you’ll be next.
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Lights, camera, actiooooooon (hehe): I'm officially a TV Reporter at @Variety 🎬🤩 . You can send over television-related tips at mzorrilla@variety.com (note the double L, double R). DMs on Twitter and Insta are also open, but I respond faster to emails 💌.
The cat is outta the bag— I’m super duper elated to be joining Variety as a TV Reporter 📺 . My start date is Jan. 4. I’ll be telecommuting from Minneapolis until *gestures at everything* is over. Looking forward to being in the West Coast and reporting from the L.A. office🌴🙌.
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if I could only wear one TV character’s outfits for the rest of my life, they’d be monique’s (jenna coleman) on “the serpent” no contest
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had a transparent interview today where the exec was like "ya i'm gonna be straight we're struggling hardcore and we can only afford like dirt cheap entry-level writers" and i was like "ok perf no can do but let's keep in touch ♥️" and i think that was a beautiful interaction.
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me, a jobless ex-full-time journalist who tarnished her rep (and her portfolio) by latching all hope onto a failed news site after getting hired for a nonexistent “business of entertainment” role, forcing me to content mill for eight months until shutdown… but still, i rise🐣.
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it’s not just the money aspect of unemployment that stings— it’s the loneliness. i haven’t felt this alone or disconnected from others. ever. i’ve been working remotely since 2019 (until now), & i never knew how badly i needed to hear slack pings all day to keep me going.
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@jzux a canon event for chronically ill women 💔 hope you finally get on the path to healing.
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i really miss being a full-time arts/culture/entertainment reporter, and i hope i land somewhere soon that lets me get back to doing what i love (and am also, coincidentally, not too shabby at).
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@LorenzoTheCat if this sweet little dude (or dudette) isn’t able to be reunited with their fam, i’m not even kidding i will fly out and permanently adopt or temporarily foster until the bun is claimed ♥️ my kiwi could use a friend!
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@lilacfireflies @MrHanBrolo @CyanHyprPsychic @liittlegaycat @todayyearsoldig THANK YOU! my rabbit smells amazing and it’s bc we clean out her litter box regularly, she has ample space to roam throughout the entire apartment and isn’t “living in her filth,” and she’s a healthy girl who tends to her own grooming! plus I lightly brush her fur abt 2x a week.
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i wish fellowships provided housing! esp fellowships that require in-person attendance/relocation! y’all claim you care about diversifying your candidate pool, but very few can pack their bags and afford nyc/dc/la for 1-3 yrs.
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newsrooms not letting part-timers or even freelancers (!!) be remote and requiring them to “be local” &/or come into the office as if they were full-timers. whaaaaaaat are you doiiiiiiiiingg.
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glAd I cAn finAlly let y'All know thAt I Am obsessed with #PLLOriginalSin And cAn't wAit for HBO to send me episodes 6-10 🥺🔪🩸.
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trying to get a stable job in journalism in this market
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i would have acknowledged celine dion, a woman who has given so much to the music industry and who has suffered so much but still found the strength to present a grammy tonight, and maybe even backed away to give the spotlight and let the audience clap for her before my speech….
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@Variety thank you for choosing a hero image of “the baby-sitters club” ♥️ gone, but never forgotten 🫡.
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getting to interview the legendary "Maria" from Sesame Street, aka Sonia Manzano, was such a special honor 🥺 . the show is so stinkin' cute and I hope y'all with little ones give it a chance together ♥️. #HispanicHeritageMonth #AlmasWay.
‘Sesame Street’ Alum Sonia Manzano on Animating the Bronx and Latina Representation in ‘Alma’s Way’
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personal news: i logged off of twitter for a month and scored a generous-paying gig, graduated with my masters in journalism from nyu, and became more gorgeous (and humble) than ever!!
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@worldofreel still not convinced abt florence pugh as rapunzel but baz luhrmann potentially directing is chef’s kiss.
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… odd. demi lovato is making a documentary for hulu (majority-owned by disney) about child stars (including herself) .
Disney leave out Demi Lovato in the channel's 40th anniversary post. The account is actively hiding comments that include Demi. The company is reportedly unhappy with Demi exposing her rape during her Disney days.
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@solomonmissouri he’s withering right in front of us on-camera like he’s losing his life energy source.
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already thought i was dealing with enough suffering with my abrupt “layoff” from the messenger, which has led to the most rejections i’ve faced in all 7+ years of full-time journalism, but my grandpa died today, so… the karmic bitch slaps start coming and they don’t stop coming?.
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i keep on refreshing my email every four seconds to see if the media org i want to get hired by has responded to the writing test that took me 13 hours to complete ooooooUuuuOooUuh i hate it here.
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hope i get employed in july and return back to journalism full-time— heck, i’ll even take “journalism adjacent” and do some freelance journalism on the side with something semi-stable as my main dish. if you’re interested in what i’ve got, hmu:
i miss writing features and profiles and doing original reporting and investigating and.
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new headshot who this . (it me) . got these taken a couple of weeks ago to make me feel better about ✨a sexist comment someone made about me on a panel✨ and boost my self-confidence and it was 💯 worth it
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@angelique814 ugh!!!!!!! this was foul. you’re an absolute doll with impeccable fashion taste and I hope this racist and fatphobic stranger slips and falls into a raging pit of fire ♥️.
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nepo baby.
Punxsutawney Phil & his ancestors have an accuracy rate of 39% going back to 1887.
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@morglaur there’s so much to say but i need a book deal before getting into all that entailed my middle/high school experience and the people that made it so, um, colorful.
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watching Orphan Black for the first time as my #SheHulk homework . believing more and more in Tatiana Maslany Supremacy
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best friendship breakups hurt 1000x more than romantic breakups change my mind.
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this gofundme campaign will help former @TheMessenger employees, who were left without severance and health insurance when it abruptly shut down last week👎 . funds raised will go to rent, cobra, groceries + more❤️ . give a lil, or a lot— anything helps! .
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in desperate need of a “we’re so back!” moment in my life.
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i am going to be okay, i say, entering my eleventh month and second week of consistent unemployment/underemployment since i got laid off via the nyt🤩. before? mostly a ft staffer for abt 8 yrs🥳 w/ the crushing debt from my nyu ma in journalism to further prove my credentials!.
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@EmmaTolkin idk if someone has already spilled this (hah) in the comments/quotes, but the entirety of house of the dragon’s title sequence is a blood-channel/blood altar thing and it freaking rules .
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@MrTdjames92 @AgentAlexS1 friend of mine is (very) new money wealthy and slightly naïve, from a farm town of 700 ppl. she started dating some dude after her divorce, and 7 weeks in… he’s talkin bout buying a boat “with” him and getting engaged! told her he was gonna murder her and run off w/ her $$$😬.
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have so many fun activities planned for today! filing for unemployment, updating my authory bio, updating my linkedin bio, setting upon an altar a sacrifice for the gods to bestow upon me riches and success in my future endeavors,.
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@IzzyMSW i wanna be her friend… and i’m sure others watching this video will want to comfort her, too! hope she comes out of this ugly experience with better friends ♥️.
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please say sike.
EXCLUSIVE: Despite falling flat on his face with doomed media outlet The Messenger, Jimmy Finkelstein is already looking to launch another project, multiple sources familiar with the situation told The Daily Beast.
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it’s tough enough to find a job in journalism when hundreds are laid off and are competing for the same five ft roles. imagine doing that with a weaker portfolio bc your former employer wiped your work off the face of the planet. anyway! consider donating:
The internet isn't eternal; in fact, journalists live in fear of not only losing their jobs, but also losing access to their work. For @Slate, I wrote about what happens when digital news sites are disappeared—and why it never needs to be this way.
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When I first heard the English medley on YT, I kept on trying to figure out which celebrity could have been behind the freckle-faced, pink-haired princess. She was breathtaking, & much like the events in “Belle,” her voice made me want to unmask its identity. Meet Kylie McNeill:.
#Belle breakout star Kylie McNeill opens up about landing the debut role of a lifetime in @GKIDSfilms new movie, one of Japan's highest-grossing anime films of the past year. Watch this exclusive clip of McNeill's “Gales of Song” acoustic performance:
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it’s true— which is why it’s embarrassing to ask, but would y’all mind helping me and my former journalism colleagues who were burnt by The Messenger and cruelly laid off w/o severance or healthcare when the outlet went kaput on Jan. 31? . thank you♥️
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@keyon omg stop no I can’t take the suspense anymore about the renewal! if they don’t announce at tudum it’s over for us
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by day 6 it became clear that there was: . • no entertainment industry vertical .• no entertainment industry team .• no entertainment industry editor . by week 8 or so it became clear that: . • my role ceased to exist before i had the chance to even do it.
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unemployed 😎 unmarried 😎 and unlikely to get out of debt anytime soon baby 😎.
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