Alene Dawson
Writer & Journalist
FEATURED ARTICLES
Why Gratitude Is Good
Los Angeles Times
Tap Your Well Of Creativity
Los Angeles Times
Q & A: Richard Branson
Town & Country Magazine
Q & A: Deepak Chopra
Coast Magazine
Q & A: David Lynch
Los Angeles Times
Q & A: Zendaya
Los Angeles Times
BIO
Alene Dawson is an accomplished writer, columnist, and journalist. She's written for award-winning publications, including the Los Angeles Times, where she's written more than 230 features, cover stories, and section cover stories. Millions have read her work for the Los Angeles Times in an array of Tribune outlets across the United States and the globe. These include the Chicago Tribune and South Florida Sun Sentinel. Other outlets she's written for include Glamour, Elle, Marie Claire, In Style, Town & Country, Essence, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, The Nest, THR Luxury Travel Report, Elite Traveler, Fodor's Travel, CNN, MSN, Shondaland, and others. Many with print circulations over one million up to those with over 25 million digital unique visitors per month globally.
Dawson is known for her original and popular reporting. Her writing earns high social media numbers. This includes her Los Angeles Times feature "The key to a happy life? Gratitude that goes beyond Thanksgiving" as well as "Gen X is balanced and happy” and "What is beauty and who has it?" for CNN.com. Whether she’s reporting on groups trying to scrub exfoliating microbeads from store shelves, writing about Generation Z, when it's time to clock out on technology, how to tap into your creativity, Glamping, or interviewing modern icons including Richard Branson, Deepak Chopra, David Lynch, Misty Copeland, Tracee Ellis Ross, Jennifer Aniston, Zendaya, Maria Sharapova, Moby, and many others, she is counted on to deliver intelligent, information-driven features and cover stories. Stories, that no matter if they’re exuberant or serious, respect and are relatable to readers.
Dawson is a lifestyle expert covering social science, culture, wellness, beauty, health (she's written her own beauty & health column), luxury travel, style, and dating & relationships.
She's interviewed Olympic gold medalists, world-renowned tastemakers, politicians, professors, and scientists bringing forth groundbreaking discoveries and inventions. She also covers entertainment and has interviewed Oscar and Emmy Award-winning and nominated actors, directors, producers, writers, choreographers, production designers, and Grammy Award-winning and nominated musicians.
Her personal stories and essays have been published in magazines with circulations of more than a million. She's also delved into the world of television and multimedia writing. She believes everyone has an interesting story to tell and fuses her on-camera, new media, and print expertise to bring to life the big and small moments in life. She's a passionate, curious, unique, and proven writer. Her mission is to help make the world a better place through writing.
For select Los Angeles Times features, click here: The Los Angeles Times or read archived stories. More on-camera information on IMDB.
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SCREEN AND RADIO
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Alene on KTLA Los Angeles discussing her Los Angeles Times article "Liking Yourself Just The Way You Are"
2019
Listen here to Alene on NPR discussing her Los Angeles Times articles and more.
Mar.
24
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Alene has appeared on and written for the big and small screen.
With a passion for Shakespeare, Alene studied British Classical Theatre at the University of Oxford in England and went on to work with modern day Oscar, Emmy, and Tony-nominated wordsmiths.
She's worked on Broadway, off-Broadway and in major theaters across the country. Roles include several Shakespearean favorites such as Hero, Titania, Ophelia, Juliet, and others. She was Estrella in the original production of Oscar-nominated Jose Rivera's adaptation of Sueno, Annarose in the original production of Fire's Daughters directed by Emmy and Tony-nominated writer Ntozake Shange and was also in the Atlantic Theatre's production of Edmund written by Pulitzer Prize-winning David Mamet and twice Belle/Lily in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
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