Rose Aguilar
{{short description|American journalist}}
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Rose Aguilar is a progressive journalist and radio host from San Francisco, California.{{cite web|url=http://www.kalw.org/people/rose-aguilar|title=Rose Aguilar|accessdate=2012-06-23 |publisher=KALW}}
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. Aguilar formerly hosted the Activist Beat with Rose Aguilar, "a weekly roundup of progressive activism that the mainstream media ignores, undercovers, or misrepresents."{{cite web|url=http://uprisingradio.org/home/category/radio-commentaries/the-activist-beat/|title=The Activist Beat on Bronner's Hemp Arrest Outside of White House|date=2012-06-13|accessdate=2012-06-23 |publisher=Uprising: Subverting the Airways}}{{cite web|url=http://nationalpriorities.org/pressroom/articles/2012/03/14/the-activist-beat-on-california-student-protests-a/|title=The Activist Beat On California Student Protests And Stop Tax Haven Act|date=2012-03-14|accessdate=2012-06-23|publisher=National Priorities Project}}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Before joining KALW, Aguilar spent eight years as a reporter with CNET Radio, where she reported on technology's impact on society.{{cite web|url=http://www.wkconline.org/index.php/seminars/speakerpage/?sid=1225|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234638/http://www.wkconline.org/index.php/seminars/speakerpage/?sid=1225|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-03-03|title=Rose Aguilar|accessdate=2012-06-23 |publisher=Western Knight Center for Specialized Journalism}}
=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.{{cite web|url=http://p3books.com/redhighways|title=Red Highways|accessdate=2012-06-23|publisher=PoliPointPress|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619004840/http://p3books.com/redhighways|archivedate=2012-06-19}} She is a contributor to the book Red State Rebels: Tales of Grassroots Resistance in the Heartland. Aguilar writes a weekly commentary for KPFK. She also writes for AlterNet and Truthout, and offers political analysis for the BBC.{{cite web|url=http://www.shesource.org/experts/profile/rose-aguilar|title=Rose Aguilar Biography|accessdate=2012-06-23 |publisher=Women's Media Center}}
=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.{{cite web|url=http://www.win-cawa.org/MainFiles/bios.html|title=Board of Directors|accessdate=2012-06-23|publisher=Women's Intercultural Network|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525200947/http://www.win-cawa.org/MainFiles/bios.html|archive-date=2014-05-25|url-status=dead}} She speaks about the media, women's issues, and progressive politics on panels and at conferences.{{cite web|url=http://iwdsummit.com/speakers/#rose|title=About the Summit Speakers and Moderators|accessdate=2012-06-23|publisher=International Women's Day Summit & Awards Luncheon|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311123217/http://iwdsummit.com/speakers/#rose|archive-date=2012-03-11|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.baynewsmovement.org/2012/02/16/san-francisco-progressives-debate-way-forwar-ahead-of-obama-visit/|title=San Francisco Progressives debate "Way Forward" ahead of Obama visit|date=2012-03-19|accessdate=2012-06-23|publisher=Bay News Movement|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525233112/http://www.baynewsmovement.org/2012/02/16/san-francisco-progressives-debate-way-forwar-ahead-of-obama-visit/|archivedate=2014-05-25}} Aguilar is a member of the Native American Journalists Association, San Francisco Women on the Web and Journalism and Women Symposium.
Personal life
References
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Category:American women bloggers
Category:21st-century American memoirists
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Category:American political writers
Category:Radio personalities from San Francisco
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Category:American women radio journalists