Elaine Low ’07: Award-winning Journalism

This story appeared in the Fall 2021 Dominican Magazine



As a senior TV business reporter for Variety, Elaine Low ’07 wrote cover stories on everything from Netflix’s global programming strategy to Mindy Kaling’s budding comedy empire. But the one that had the most impact on her was her summer 2020 feature, “The Reckoning Over Representation.” A sweeping examination of the entertainment industry’s racial reckoning in the wake of national Black Lives Matter protests, the article, co-written with Angelique Jackson, won a National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Award from the Los Angeles Press Club.



“It was gratifying that so many people were willing to talk candidly with us about the realities of working in Hollywood,” Low said. “It is important for reporters to tell these stories, because if we don’t, oftentimes nobody will.”



Today, Low is a senior entertainment business reporter at Insider’s new Los Angeles bureau, where she covers the evolution of Hollywood in the streaming age—and continues to explore issues of equity and representation.