Written work
Bella is a narrative and audio journalist. During graduate school, she interned for Vulture and New York Magazine as a writing intern. She wrote daily stories on internet culture, the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes, and more. Bella also wrote a 5,000 word explainer on the Miranda Sings’ controversies, which was the top story on Vulture’s and NY Mag’s websites. She’s been a staff writer for publications, like DIG MAG, EdSource, The Daily Forty-Niner, Oakland North and Aspire Magazine. She’s also freelanced for The Oaklandside and Richmond Confidential.
Vulture
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The Controversy Around Colleen Ballinger, a.k.a. Miranda Sings, Explained
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Get in, Losers, We’re Making TikToks About Girlhood
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Brooke Averick Has Never Liked Anything a Normal Amount
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The Taylor Swiftification of 'The Summer I Turned Pretty'
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'The Ultimatum'’s Roxanne Kaiser Loves Being a Girlboss
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Movies, TV Shows, and Productions Affected by the SAG-AFTRA Strike
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On 'Heartstopper,' Everything Goes Down in the DMs
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Release the 'Barbie' Fart-Opera Cut
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DJ Crazy Times Replaces Biljana Electronica on ‘Planet of the Bass’
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Gravity Takes Down Boston Police Officer
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'The Summer I Turned Pretty' Season Two’s Slow Burner Was Worth the Wait
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Celebrities Have Labor Disputes Just Like Us
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We’ll Have 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' Forever & Always
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What Else Is in Mattel’s Toy Box?
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The ‘Bill Hader Dancing To’ Meme Is Back, Baby
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'Succession,' 'The Last of Us,' and 'The White Lotus' Sweep the 2023 Emmy Nominations
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Bad Bleep Addison Rae Releases Her Lost Album
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Lil Tay Apparently Isn’t Dead
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'Barbie' Wins Box-Office Beach-Off Against The Dark Knight
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Bad Bunny’s Spending Un Verano Con Cassandro
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Geriatric Singer Miley Cyrus Releasing a New Single
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It’s Almost 'Gilded Age' Fall Starring Hot Girl Gummer
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Zack Snyder’s 'Rebel Moon' Is About Hot Girls With Big Weapons
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'The Ultimatum' Season Two Is Marching Down the Aisle
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Natasha Lyonne, Kathy Griffin, and More Honor Pee-wee Herman
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Loki Whips His Hair Back and Forth in Season-Two Trailer
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Michelle Yeoh’s Oscar Witnessed Her Marriage
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'The Marvels,' 'Harley Quinn,' and More Trailers From San Diego Comic-Con 2023
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Harry Styles Leaves His House to Join the Circus
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Miranda Sings’s Remaining Tour Stops Are Canceled
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Do Taylor’s Red Lips and Rosy Cheeks Mean '1989' Is Next?
Oakland North and The Oaklandside
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Afro-Peruvian dance in Oakland: ‘We are making sure the tradition is still alive for future generations’
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Drunken Film Fest delivers a dozen original films a night in Oakland bars
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Oakland museum honors school shooting victims in Día de los Muertos ofrenda
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At this week’s Bay Area Queer Zine Fest, artists sell, swap and inspire
EdSource
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Cancer diagnosis takes high-school trauma to a whole new level
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California colleges are leaping onto the cannabis bandwagon
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Long Beach City College offers students safety while sleeping in their cars
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New law to bring CalFresh food benefits to more college students
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Getting the Covid shot: California State University students react to vaccine mandate
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Covid relief for California community college students depends on the school they attend
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Community college students make the most of Covid-19 federal aid
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California community college adjuncts are pushing to get paid for time-consuming pandemic switch to online
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Colleges prepare for incoming freshmen with high school learning loss
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Looking ahead to college freshman year, students welcome help
DIG MAG
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The Art of Sustainability
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Renaissance of Readers
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Best Books for Cuffing Season
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The Dark Side of Twitch
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Swiping Right, in a New Way
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Say Yes to the Debt
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Elise Bryant’s Happily Ever After(s)
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An Open Book
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Meme Movement
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The Clip
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Thoughts from a Woman in Speech
The Daily Forty-Niner
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Students spill the tea about Long Beach State University’s COVID-19 protocols
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Long Beach parents give their thoughts on COVID-19 pediatric vaccines
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How Pigeon’s Roller Skate Shop owner Shayna Meikle fell in love with skating
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Four vaccinated CSULB students express mixed opinions on the COVID-19 booster shot
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Isabel Patterson Child Development Center has yet to reopen to full capacity amidst staff shortage
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What are students listening to at CSULB?
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CSULB students express mixed reactions to proposed fall vaccine mandate
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Fine Feathers Kombucha’s commitment to sustainability
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Alumna Brittany Olivia Logan’s path to the opera leads to recent wins
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CSULB student finds her voice, releasing new music and directing a music video
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Wells Fargo locations at CSULB closing
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The only women in the room
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Black-owned businesses in Long Beach
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Elise Bryant, author of “Happily Ever Afters,” discusses inspiration behind debut novel at Long Beach virtual event
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Long Beach in style
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Activist Loretta Ross speaks about reproductive justice as a human right at virtual event
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CSULB students react to the Biden-Harris administration’s executive actions thus far
ASPIRE Magazine
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2022 edition
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2021 edition