Annette Fuentes
Encyclopedia
Annette Fuentes is an American
journalist
who writes regularly on health and social policy
for The New York Times
, The Nation
the Village Voice, The Progressive
, and In These Times
, where she is a contributing editor. Fuentes is also on the faculty of the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University
.
Fuentes is a member of the Board of Contributors for USA TODAY
's Forum Page, part of the newspaper’s Opinion section.
She is co-author with Barbara Ehrenreich
of Women in the Global Factory (1983).
In earlier years, Fuentes was the health and hospitals reporter at the New York Daily News
, an assistant editor for op-eds at Newsday
, the Metro editor at the Village Voice, and an editorial writer and columnist at El Diario/La Prensa, New York City's largest Spanish-language daily newspaper, Fuentes was also the editor of City Limits magazine, a monthly covering housing and community development.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
who writes regularly on health and social policy
Social policy
Social policy primarily refers to guidelines, principles, legislation and activities that affect the living conditions conducive to human welfare. Thus, social policy is that part of public policy that has to do with social issues...
for The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
, The Nation
The Nation
The Nation is the oldest continuously published weekly magazine in the United States. The periodical, devoted to politics and culture, is self-described as "the flagship of the left." Founded on July 6, 1865, It is published by The Nation Company, L.P., at 33 Irving Place, New York City.The Nation...
the Village Voice, The Progressive
The Progressive
The Progressive is an American monthly magazine of politics, culture and progressivism with a pronounced liberal perspective on some issues. Known for its pacifism, it has strongly opposed military interventions, such as the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. The magazine also devotes much coverage...
, and In These Times
In These Times
In These Times is a politically progressive monthly magazine of news and opinion published by the Institute for Public Affairs in Chicago...
, where she is a contributing editor. Fuentes is also on the faculty of the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
.
Fuentes is a member of the Board of Contributors for USA TODAY
USA Today
USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Al Neuharth. The newspaper vies with The Wall Street Journal for the position of having the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States, something it previously held since 2003...
's Forum Page, part of the newspaper’s Opinion section.
She is co-author with Barbara Ehrenreich
Barbara Ehrenreich
-Early life:Ehrenreich was born Barbara Alexander to Isabelle Oxley and Ben Howes Alexander in Butte, Montana, which she describes as then being "a bustling, brawling, blue collar mining town."...
of Women in the Global Factory (1983).
In earlier years, Fuentes was the health and hospitals reporter at the New York Daily News
New York Daily News
The Daily News of New York City is the fourth most widely circulated daily newspaper in the United States with a daily circulation of 605,677, as of November 1, 2011....
, an assistant editor for op-eds at Newsday
Newsday
Newsday is a daily American newspaper that primarily serves Nassau and Suffolk counties and the New York City borough of Queens on Long Island, although it is sold throughout the New York metropolitan area...
, the Metro editor at the Village Voice, and an editorial writer and columnist at El Diario/La Prensa, New York City's largest Spanish-language daily newspaper, Fuentes was also the editor of City Limits magazine, a monthly covering housing and community development.
External links
- Graduate School of Journalism bio
- "No Health, No Wealth", by Annette Fuentes, The Nation, December 18, 2000