Juliette Funes joined the VMA team in June 2013. A former journalist, Juliette covered city government, crime and education beats for a chain of newspapers within the <em>Los Angeles Newspaper Group</em> that includes the San Gabriel Valley, Pasadena and Whittier areas.

At the same time, Juliette was a designer and copy editor for several weekly publications, as well as a features contributor to special edition publications and <em>The Rose Magazine</em>, a lifestyle, entertainment and resource guide for all things Pasadena.

Juliette also served as a community news intern at the <em>Orange County Register</em> and earned a coveted summer internship position at the <em>Los Angeles Times</em>, where she worked on the Calendar/Entertainment desk, writing features, interviewing celebrities and contributing to pre-Emmy and Oscar ceremony coverage.

Juliette transitioned into public relations while at the University of Southern California, briefly serving as a communications associate for the School of Architecture, where she was the school's primary writer and copy editor. She also attended California State University, Fullerton, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications, with an emphasis in print Journalism.

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