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Julie River

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As seen in: Yahoo Entertainment, Flipboard, NewsBreak, Looper, New Noise Magazine, Out Front, Yellow Scene Magazine
Covers:  Music, television, movies, LGBTQ issues and lifestyle, cannabis.
🌈 Freelance entertainment journalist for New Noise Magazine, TGEFM, OUT FRONT Magazine. Associate editor New Noise and OUT FRONT. Slam Poet. She/her🌈

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Julie River’s Biography

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Julie River was born in Neptune, New Jersey, but she grew up in the great state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. She graduated from Emerson College with a double major in Film and English, then returned to Emerson for a Master’s degree in Media Studies. She also got accepted to a PhD program in Media Studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder, but she left before beginning her dissertation to pursue interests outside of academia.

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Julie River’s Journalist Portfolio

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Interview: Josh Roush and Kevin Smith Talk About New Film 'Wrong Reasons'

Interview: Josh Roush and Kevin Smith Talk About New Film 'Wrong Reasons'

Director Josh Roush and executive producer Kevin Smith talk about their new movie 'Wrong Reasons,' which is s…

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Movie Review: Denver Film Festival Roundup Days 1-3 (November 3-5)

Movie Review: Denver Film Festival Roundup Days 1-3 (November 3-5)

The Denver Film Festival is happening now in your own backyard. We run down the festival's hits and misses, b…

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OFM News: Local Queer Voters' Guide - OUT FRONT

OFM News: Local Queer Voters' Guide - OUT FRONT

For the October 2023 issue of OUT FRONT Magazine I ran down some of the big races in the local elections and …

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Exemplary Manners: Queerness in the Ethics of Punk Rock -

Exemplary Manners: Queerness in the Ethics of Punk Rock -

Punk rock has always had a history of standing up for marginalized people. In 2023, that has to extend to que…

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Queer Punk Icon Jon Ginoli Talks 30 Years of Pansy Division -

Queer Punk Icon Jon Ginoli Talks 30 Years of Pansy Division -

Pansy Division frontman Jon Ginoli sat down with OFM to discuss 30 years of the iconic queer punk group and w…

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Editorial: I Do Believe In Some Things; or, Why the Ska Scene Doesn't Need the Return of Dicky Ba...

Editorial: I Do Believe In Some Things; or, Why the Ska Scene Doesn't Need the Return of Dicky Ba...

After Dicky Barrett broke up the Mighty Mighty Bosstones over his anti-vaccine beliefs, does the ska scene ac…

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News: Goethe-Institut Los Angeles Announces ‘Alle gegen Alles. Punk@50’

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Goethe-Institut Los Angeles is putting on an event called Alle gegen Alles. Punk@50, which celebrates half a century of this plucky little artistic movement we call punk. The programming for the event kicks off on Thursday, August 27, so here’s a little bit of what to expect.
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News: 924 Gilman Celebrates 40th Anniversary with Weekend-Long Benefit Show

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News Julie River August 25, 2026 Facebook X Threads LinkedIn Pinterest Reddit 924 Gilman is an iconic, volunteer-run, all-ages, non-profit punk venue in Berkeley, California that basically serves as the West Coast CBGBs. After 40 years of fostering the Bay Area punk scene and being the launching pad for bands such as Operation Ivy and Green Day, the venue is still going strong and is ready to throw a big concert to celebrate those four decades.
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News: Jesse Michaels Says Doom Regulator Album Still Happening

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News Julie River August 25, 2026 Facebook X Threads LinkedIn Pinterest Reddit Three years after Tim Armstrong and Jesse Michaels of Operation Ivy fame reunited for the first single from their new project Doom Regulator (formerly Bad Optix), the wait for a full album is starting to feel like the ska-punk world’s version of Chinese Democracy, the notorious Guns N’ Roses album that was released 14 years after initially being promised.
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Have you ever used a typewriter?

Not since I was a little kid, and even then I’m pretty sure it was some sort of electric typewriter.

How is social media changing news?

It has shifted the focus to getting clicks and views, which doesn’t always generate the best content.

Why did you become a journalist?

My parents always said that I had a great talent for writing and that it’s what I should really focus on.

Awards

Society of Professional Journalists Award

2024 - Investigative Journalism - Small Newsroom

Third Place for the article "Fear of a Black Santa: The Black Santa Project Meets with Racism and Broken Promises from Toys for Tots."

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Colorado Press Association

2025 - College

Best News Story for a piece called "“Rocky Horror” in 2024: Can it Still be Relevant for a New Generation?" While not in college myself at the time I won the award, I co-wrote the piece with two of our college interns, which is why it was in the college category.

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