Julianne Escobedo Shepherd is an American writer and editor based in Brooklyn, New York who contributes to SPIN, VIBE, Interview, The New York Times, and many other publications. ^{[5] [4] [6]}

Escobedo Shepherd has been writing professionally about music, style, and pop culture since 1999.

She has held staff positions at VIBE, MTV, the Portland Mercury and, most recently, served as Executive Editor of the FADER, which she left in 2010 to freelance full-time. ^{[4] [6]}

She is specializes both professionally and personally, in music, politics, pop culture, fashion, art, dance, film, feminism, and Latina issues.

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Her work has been published in the The New York Times, SPIN, Salon, XXL, Rolling Stone, Billboard, Pitchfork, Stereogum, Interview, among other publications. ^{[6] [4]}She is a staff writer at Rookiemag.com, a website for teen girls. ^[4]She also hosts Universópolis, a show focusing on new music from Latin America and the diaspora, every Saturday on East Village Radio. ^{[4] [6]}