Rae Alexandra

• Researched, wrote, and edited 'Unsung Heroines: 35 Women Who Changed the Bay Area,' published by City Lights in March 2026, highlighting marginalized historical figures.
• 'Unsung Heroines' made it onto the Independent Booksellers Association's Bestseller list for Nonfiction.
• Spoke on a wide variety of radio shows, book festival panels and other cultural events in support of the work.

• Built stories from scratch using WordPress.
• Authored the 'Rebel Girls From Bay Area History' series, creating online essays, PBS-hosted classroom guides, audio clips for NPR One, and vertical videos for social media.
• Hosted 'Throwback' video series to tell history-focused stories in fun, digestible ways.
• Wrote profiles of artists and cultural figures, living and dead, using interview and research skills.
• Wrote previews of a wide variety of museum and gallery exhibitions.
• Wrote in-depth city guides.
• Wrote reviews of books, documentaries, movies and television.
• Regularly appeared on KQED Radio to provide analysis of a variety of Arts & Culture happenings.
• Closely followed style guides to create clean copy that adhered to NPR standards.

Publications:

• SF Weekly
• Village Voice
• JustinTimberlake.com
• Rock Sound Magazine

Writing tasks:

• Cultural analysis.
• Music, food and TV reviews.
• Interviews with popular figures.

Kerrang! Magazine was one of the UK's biggest selling music weeklies during my tenure there. As part of my role, I:

• Interviewed bands and music industry professionals for features.
• Reviewed albums, singles and live concerts.
• Copy edited for the Production desk.
• Adhered to very tight deadlines.