Rose Aguilar

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Rose Aguilar
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Alma mater Saint Mary's College of California [1]
OccupationJournalist

Rose Aguilar is a progressive journalist and radio host from San Francisco, California. [2]

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Career

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. [2] Aguilar formerly hosted the Activist Beat with Rose Aguilar, "a weekly roundup of progressive activism that the mainstream media ignores, undercovers, or misrepresents." [3] [4] Before joining KALW, Aguilar spent eight years as a reporter with CNET Radio, where she reported on technology's impact on society. [1]

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. [5] She is a contributor to the book Red State Rebels: Tales of Grassroots Resistance in the Heartland. [5] Aguilar writes a weekly commentary for KPFK. She also writes for AlterNet and Truthout, and offers political analysis for the BBC. [6] [7]

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. [8] She speaks about the media, women's issues, and progressive politics on panels and at conferences. [6] [9] Aguilar is a member of the Native American Journalists Association, San Francisco Women on the Web and Journalism and Women Symposium. [1]

Personal life

Aguilar is a vegan. [10]

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