Media Room: WriteGirl in the News


CNN: Helping teen girls get on the 'write' path

WriteGirl Executive Director Keren Taylor was named a CNN Hero for her work empowering girls through creative writing. Keren was featured with WriteGirl mentors and mentees on CNN and CNN International. Read more

 

NBC LATINO: After-school programs that change Latino students’ lives receive national award

WriteGirl went to the White House to receive the 2013 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award, the highest national honor awarded to such programs. Executive Director Keren Taylor and mentee Jacqueline Uy, age 16, personally accepted the award from First Lady Michelle Obama. Read More

 

Media Coverage

Christian Science MonitorNov. 16, 2023 How WriteGirl helps teens find their creative voice

Waves of Change Podcast – Aug. 7, 2023 Interview with Keren Taylor from WriteGirl

The Kelly Clarkson Show November 15, 2022 WriteGirl Empowers Young Women To Find Their Voice Through Professional Writing Mentorships

CBS Los Angeles – August 26, 2022 WriteGirl inspires young women, helps authors find their voice

Los Angeles Daily News - June 21, 2022 WriteGirl Mentoring Program Helps Young Women Find Creative Confidence Through Writing

Vogue - June 16, 2022 Amanda Gorman on Her New MasterClass and the Story Behind Her Powerful Uvalde Poem

CNN - December 15, 2021 A CNN Hero who helped Amanda Gorman find her voice is working to do the same for thousands of others - CNN Video

USA Today - December 10, 2021 Amanda Gorman's debut poetry collection 'Call Us What We Carry' inspires fellow WriteGirls

The New York Times - November 4, 2021 When It’s Lonely at the Top: The Story of Being a First

ABC News - September 15, 2021 Amanda Gorman’s message to inspire the next generation

OvationTV - April 26, 2021 WriteGirl #StandForTheArts PSA

Fox Entertainment - March 12, 2021 FOX Entertainment teams up with 'WriteGirl' for Women's History Month

National Geographic - February 24, 2021 ‘Tell your story’: The power of poetry to help kids cope

The Hollywood Reporter - January 27, 2021 Amanda Gorman Was Mentored by a "Positive Community of Women Writers" Before Her Inaugural Moment

KTLA 5 Morning News - January 26, 2021 The WriteGirl Roots of 22-Year-Old Poet Amanda Gorman

LA Times - January 25, 2021 Meet Amanda Gorman’s Mentors: The Teachers Who Nurtured the InAuguration Poet

Scripps TV - January 22, 2021 You Can Be a Part of Mission for Nonprofit that Gave Inauguration Poet Her Start

LAist / KPCC - January 20, 2021 Poet Amanda Gorman’s Journey From LA to Inauguration: ‘The Way She Sees the World is Amazing’

FOX 11 LA - January 20, 2021 Young Poet Amanda Gorman Inspiring Young Girls

Variety - January 20, 2021 Who is 22-Year-Old Inaugural Poet Amanda Gorman?

CBS 2 LA - January 19, 2021 22-Year-Old LA Woman, Amanda Gorman, to Become Youngest Inauguration Day Poet

LA Weekly - March 6, 2020 The Words of Women: How WriteGirl Mentors Female Voices of the Future

LA Times - February 19, 2020 Ronan Farrow, Emily Bazelon and Colson Whitehead among L.A. Times Book Prize finalists

Los Angeles Review of Books - January 16, 2020 WriteGirl Has My Heart: A Conversation with Keren Taylor

Foreword Reviews - November, 2019 This Moment: Bold Voices from WriteGirl

Spectrum News 1 - October 2, 2019
Nonprofit Provides Mentors to Help Teen Girls Write Their Future

KTLA 5 - August 19, 2019
WriteGirl Mentoring Organization Looks for Volunteers

KNBC 4 News - August 2, 2019 
DC Teams Up With WriteGirl to Inspire the Next Generation of Comic Book Writers

LA This Week/Channel 35 - October 4, 2019
Bold Ink Writers Workshop by WriteGirl

Los Angeles Times - May 21, 2019
Amazon Literary Partnership grant recipients include nine groups in California

LAist - April 16, 2019
Teen Girls' Scripts Are Getting The Star Treatment In Hollywood

LA Weekly - April 10, 2019
Seth Rogen, Lauren Graham, Wayne Brady and More Act Out for WriteGirl

Good Morning America - April 8, 2019
Lauren Graham’s advice to young female writers at WriteGirl fundraiser

The Hollywood Reporter - April 7, 2019
Seth Rogen, Lauren Graham Support Young Female Writers at 'Lights, Camera, WriteGirl!'

Variety - April 29, 2018
WriteGirl Event Taps Hollywood Actors and Screenwriters to Support Young, Female Writers

USA Today - May 18, 2017
I am an American: Keren Taylor helps girls find a voice