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Shayne Nuesca
Verified
Audience Strategy Director, States Newsroom
United States
Beats
Biography
Shayne Nuesca is the founder and editor of Rooted, a publication uplifting underrepresented stories in arts, culture, and entertainment. She co-founded Mana, a media collective documenting overlooked Filipino American history in Alaska. She owns and is the principal of Bylign, a boutique agency helping people, brands, and organizations integrate inclusion in their content and business strategies.
Arts, Asian American Pop Culture , Entertainment, Asian American History, Culture , Filipino American History
Content
By Shayne Nuesca Verified| sprhdrs.media@ Paying your dues in the media industry can feel like a baptism by fire. “I was a receptionist and that’s what happened,” Ebony Williams said. Williams is an on-air host, writer, producer and director who has walked a nontraditional path through her industry. She worked for a local broadcast television station in Anchorage, Alaska, her hometown, beginning in 2006 while she was still in high school. She split her time between her job, school and track meets.
By Shayne Nuesca Verified| sprhdrs.media@ The scene is familiar: a Filipino family dances in their living room while their daughter sings a catchy pop song and their doting dad records with his phone camera and sings along. It’s 2020, the song is “Mom” by Meghan Trainor and it’s trending on TikTok. The family’s daughter is Filipino American actor and content creator Monica Joelle Ortiz.
By Shayne Nuesca Verified| sprhdrs.media@ Ami Park seemed to burst onto the scene last fall playing reporter Yuna Park on the ABC drama “Alaska Daily.” “The second half only gets richer and that much deeper. I’m so excited,” Park said ahead of the show’s return for the remainder of its first season, which concluded at the end of March. “Alaska Daily” is the first time she’s billed as part of a main cast. After years of navigating the Los Angeles acting circuit, it’s a feat Park doesn’t take lightly.
Company Info
States Newsroom
States Newsroom is the largest nonprofit news organization focused on state-level journalism in the United States. Established in 2018 and operating as an independent nonprofit since 2019, its mission is to provide fair and fearless reporting on state policy and politics across all 50 states and Washington, D.C. The organization aims to fill gaps left by declining local news outlets, delivering high-quality journalism that impacts residents' lives. With a network of independent affiliates, States Newsroom employs over 220 full-time staff and has an annual budget exceeding $22 million. It offers daily reporting on legislative developments, elections, and policy trends, along with commentary and analysis to provide context on state-level decisions. The organization prioritizes general public readership, policymakers, and civic organizations, relying on philanthropic donations to maintain its editorial independence. States Newsroom is recognized for its commitment to non-partisanship and has received over 1,000 journalism awards for its reporting.
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
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Founded: 2017