Hello, welcome to Tuned In with Abby!
Having logged over 75,000 minutes on Spotify in 2023, I am a music junkie and devoted Airbuds user. I spend all my money on concerts and a day is not complete without a music-video-watching session.
Some of my favorite artists include Taylor Swift, Harry Styles, BTS, The 1975, Kali Uchis, Fleetwood Mac, Beyoncé, Jungkook, Hozier, Declan McKenna, Bruno Mars and many, many more.
I also love movies and TV. I knew La La Land was my favorite movie when I enjoyed it, even from the very first row of the movie theater. One of my favorite activities is searching a something I just finished watching on TikTok or Twitter to gather the rest of the world's opinion.
I wanted to create a place to document my many pop culture opinions, both popular, and unpopular. I hope you enjoy Tuned In with Abby.
Some concerts memories over the years
More About Me:
I am an incoming junior at the University of Maryland, studying for a bachelor’s in journalism at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism. Here, I have gained a lot of valuable experience and knowledge from the best professors, some of whom are still active in the field. Some of my favorite experiences include getting to take a look behind the scenes at UMD’s famous Maryland Dairy with The Diamondback, practicing liveshots at Facetime with the Pros and learning more about videography.
I am also a Spanish minor. I have always enjoyed learning Spanish since high school and received the New Jersey State Seal of Biliteracy in 2021. As I continue to learn more about Spanish and the culture surrounding various Latinx countries, I am glad that the more fluent I become, the more people I am able to connect with.
I am involved with a few things on campus. I am a video reporter for The Diamondback, the editor-in-chief/campus correspondent for Her Campus at Maryland and an anchor for WMUC News’ weekly pop culture round-up, Drop the Pop. Additionally, last semester I took on a special project for my College Park Media, Self and Society Scholars’ practicum. A few other students and I worked together to revive UNWIND, a Scholars magazine that went dormant over the pandemic. The pilot issue will be published in the Fall of 2024.
To learn more, check out my Resume or my Other Work.
In the future, I hope to combine my interests of pop culture and video to produce multimedia entertainment journalism. My dream would be to attend events like The Grammys or Oscars. I am also interested in long form documentaries. Outside of journalism, a wild dream of mine would be to edit music videos.