Pamela Avila

Journalist, editor and social media strategist based in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles.

Currently, I work at USA TODAY as an entertainment editor, overseeing breaking news and trending coverage during the evening. My own reporting focuses on entertainment, pop culture and books, often through the lens of race and gender.

My work also aims to highlight the Latinx community, from your local neighbor to a rising author or a best-selling Latinx music artist in the entertainment space. There's always a story to be told, and no matter the platform or influence, their story matters.

Before USA TODAY, I worked with E! News as a reporter and editor, Los Angeles Magazine as a reporter and social media manager, and did freelance copywriting, social media and trending news writing for HipLatina and Mitú. My work also appears in Shondaland, Business Insider, Los Angeles Review of Books and more.

L.A. Review of Books • April 21, 2018

John Legend and Bryan Stevenson Discuss Mass Incarceration, the Criminal Justice System, and Holding On to Your Hope at Into Action in L.A.

BLARB • November 20, 2017

Disruption for Change: An Interview with Celeste Ng

Dillon Chitto’s "Bingo Hall" at The Autry

Sabrina Rodriguez is Expanding the Canon, with LatinxReads

John Legend and Bryan Stevenson Discuss Mass Incarceration, the Criminal Justice System, and Holding On to Your Hope at Into Action in L.A.

Ta-Nehisi Coates Discusses “We Were Eight Years In Power"

Only Light Can Do That

Christine Granados, Mexican-American Writers, Pachanga at Tia Chucha’s

On the immigrant experience in film, finding yourself, and the making of Namour: An interview with filmmaker Heidi Saman

Junot Díaz Talks Civic Duty, Dystopias, and Lunching with Obama

Eve Ewing Bends Time and Space in "Electric Arches"