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Formerly senior staff writer @thrillist || @thrillistunion @WGAEast || she/her/ella || took the girl out of Florida, but
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opheligarcia.bsky.social
Hello editors! I am full time freelance now. I am looking to take on more assignments. I can do it all — news, features, explainers, commerce, Q&As, and takes. I have covered travel, lifestyle, entertainment, wellness, politics, immigration, and internet culture.
August 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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jayasaxena.com
SO COOL that Vox Media had two rounds of layoffs in the past three months and keeps cutting our budgets and yet somehow there's $20 million for one person
Tweet from Rob Bluey: You might not agree with @karaswisher ’s politics, but you can’t argue with her success. Q: “What did Kara Swisher, Inc. bring in in 2024? A: “Millions of dollars. For me, millions of dollars, many, many millions of dollars.” This year she’s expecting a $20 million payout from Vox. Fascinating interview about how to make money in media with @semaforben and @maxwelltani
January 31, 2025 at 3:44 PM
opheligarcia.bsky.social
I was laid off one day before I was scheduled to interview Pete Buttigieg about his final months in office—fortunately he honored the interview anyways. I was able to place it at T+L, so you can read it! We started the call bonding over unemployment www.travelandleisure.com/transportati...
Pete Buttigieg Reflects on Traveling the U.S. As Transportation Secretary, Proud Moments of the Administration, and More
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg talks with Travel + Leisure about his time and accomplishments leading the Department of Transportation for the Biden administration.
www.travelandleisure.com
December 12, 2024 at 3:33 PM
opheligarcia.bsky.social
Just got off an interview with Secretary Buttigieg and we bonded over unemployment, lol
December 6, 2024 at 5:41 PM
opheligarcia.bsky.social
You can support the laid off workers from Thrillist and Eater here through this union organized GoFundMe www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...
Donate to Stand with the Vox Media Union and Thrillist Union, organized by Ashok Selvam
On Thursday, December 5, nearly 40 members of the Vox Media Union, Thr… Ashok Selvam needs your support for Stand with the Vox Media Union and Thrillist Union
www.gofundme.com
December 6, 2024 at 2:08 PM
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jayasaxena.com
The way they are trying to reorganize Eater right now is, I cannot emphasize this enough, so fucking stupid. We are working to mitigate this impact as much as possible for our unit. And good job Vox Media, you just made us all even more pissed as we head into bargaining our third contract
voxmediaunion.bsky.social Vox Media Union @voxmediaunion.bsky.social · Dec 5
Hello Bluesky. Sucks that this is our first post. A statement from the Vox Media Union and @wgaeast.bsky.social on today's layoffs. Please stay tuned for more details on how you can support our colleagues who were impacted today.
Today, we were blindsided by news from Vox Media management that many of our colleagues at Thrillist and Eater would lose their jobs. We are devastated to lose writers and editors who produce invaluable work each and every day, and disgusted by Vox Media’s short-sighted decision making. As always, it is the workers who bear the brunt of management’s poor choices, and this close to the holidays, their callousness is especially galling. We are incredibly disappointed by management’s decision to decimate Thrillist, a vertical that it has invested almost nothing in since acquiring it from Group Nine. As we have made clear to management with our demand for One Union, One Contract, the WGAE-Vox Media Union views our colleagues at Thrillist as members of our union, and we will make sure that they are made whole in light of management’s decision to essentially shutter this beloved publication. Many of those impacted by today’s layoffs work on Eater’s Cities team, a group of powerhouse journalists who produce some of the most impactful local journalism in the country. Their work has always differentiated Eater and built it into the country’s most prominent food website, and management’s treatment of these workers is both irresponsible and reflects a complete lack of understanding of the journalism that is needed in this moment. We need more boots on the ground doing this essential work, not fewer. As always, the Guild will continue to demand that members are treated fairly in the aftermath of layoffs. As we approach the upcoming negotiations for our third collective bargaining agreement, we want to make abundantly clear to management that the status quo of constant, cyclical layoffs will not continue. We will fight like hell to ensure that our industry has a future, no matter how many times those in charge attempt to run it into the ground. Details on how you can support laid off workers at Vox Media will be forthcoming. Solidarity forever.
December 5, 2024 at 5:19 PM
opheligarcia.bsky.social
I should have used the professional development funds to get OSHA certified fuck
December 6, 2024 at 1:21 PM
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bookshop.bsky.social
It's also extremely frustrating that we’re shuttering our fantastic travel vertical and Eater's regional coverage in a moment where the country is growing both more isolationist and polarized, when we desperately need journalists who can help us connect to our own communities and others worldwide.
voxmediaunion.bsky.social Vox Media Union @voxmediaunion.bsky.social · Dec 5
Hello Bluesky. Sucks that this is our first post. A statement from the Vox Media Union and @wgaeast.bsky.social on today's layoffs. Please stay tuned for more details on how you can support our colleagues who were impacted today.
Today, we were blindsided by news from Vox Media management that many of our colleagues at Thrillist and Eater would lose their jobs. We are devastated to lose writers and editors who produce invaluable work each and every day, and disgusted by Vox Media’s short-sighted decision making. As always, it is the workers who bear the brunt of management’s poor choices, and this close to the holidays, their callousness is especially galling. We are incredibly disappointed by management’s decision to decimate Thrillist, a vertical that it has invested almost nothing in since acquiring it from Group Nine. As we have made clear to management with our demand for One Union, One Contract, the WGAE-Vox Media Union views our colleagues at Thrillist as members of our union, and we will make sure that they are made whole in light of management’s decision to essentially shutter this beloved publication. Many of those impacted by today’s layoffs work on Eater’s Cities team, a group of powerhouse journalists who produce some of the most impactful local journalism in the country. Their work has always differentiated Eater and built it into the country’s most prominent food website, and management’s treatment of these workers is both irresponsible and reflects a complete lack of understanding of the journalism that is needed in this moment. We need more boots on the ground doing this essential work, not fewer. As always, the Guild will continue to demand that members are treated fairly in the aftermath of layoffs. As we approach the upcoming negotiations for our third collective bargaining agreement, we want to make abundantly clear to management that the status quo of constant, cyclical layoffs will not continue. We will fight like hell to ensure that our industry has a future, no matter how many times those in charge attempt to run it into the ground. Details on how you can support laid off workers at Vox Media will be forthcoming. Solidarity forever.
December 5, 2024 at 5:10 PM
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petrana.bsky.social
Layoffs always suck, but layoffs right before the holidays..................... don't they make movies about this where people are visited by ghosts isnt that a whole genre
voxmediaunion.bsky.social Vox Media Union @voxmediaunion.bsky.social · Dec 5
Hello Bluesky. Sucks that this is our first post. A statement from the Vox Media Union and @wgaeast.bsky.social on today's layoffs. Please stay tuned for more details on how you can support our colleagues who were impacted today.
Today, we were blindsided by news from Vox Media management that many of our colleagues at Thrillist and Eater would lose their jobs. We are devastated to lose writers and editors who produce invaluable work each and every day, and disgusted by Vox Media’s short-sighted decision making. As always, it is the workers who bear the brunt of management’s poor choices, and this close to the holidays, their callousness is especially galling. We are incredibly disappointed by management’s decision to decimate Thrillist, a vertical that it has invested almost nothing in since acquiring it from Group Nine. As we have made clear to management with our demand for One Union, One Contract, the WGAE-Vox Media Union views our colleagues at Thrillist as members of our union, and we will make sure that they are made whole in light of management’s decision to essentially shutter this beloved publication. Many of those impacted by today’s layoffs work on Eater’s Cities team, a group of powerhouse journalists who produce some of the most impactful local journalism in the country. Their work has always differentiated Eater and built it into the country’s most prominent food website, and management’s treatment of these workers is both irresponsible and reflects a complete lack of understanding of the journalism that is needed in this moment. We need more boots on the ground doing this essential work, not fewer. As always, the Guild will continue to demand that members are treated fairly in the aftermath of layoffs. As we approach the upcoming negotiations for our third collective bargaining agreement, we want to make abundantly clear to management that the status quo of constant, cyclical layoffs will not continue. We will fight like hell to ensure that our industry has a future, no matter how many times those in charge attempt to run it into the ground. Details on how you can support laid off workers at Vox Media will be forthcoming. Solidarity forever.
December 5, 2024 at 5:46 PM
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wgaeast.bsky.social
Solidarity with our @voxmediaunion.bsky.social members affected by blindsiding layoffs that decimate Thrillist and leave talented workers scrambling in the middle of the holiday season.

Deplorable choice, @vox.com
voxmediaunion.bsky.social Vox Media Union @voxmediaunion.bsky.social · Dec 5
Hello Bluesky. Sucks that this is our first post. A statement from the Vox Media Union and @wgaeast.bsky.social on today's layoffs. Please stay tuned for more details on how you can support our colleagues who were impacted today.
Today, we were blindsided by news from Vox Media management that many of our colleagues at Thrillist and Eater would lose their jobs. We are devastated to lose writers and editors who produce invaluable work each and every day, and disgusted by Vox Media’s short-sighted decision making. As always, it is the workers who bear the brunt of management’s poor choices, and this close to the holidays, their callousness is especially galling. We are incredibly disappointed by management’s decision to decimate Thrillist, a vertical that it has invested almost nothing in since acquiring it from Group Nine. As we have made clear to management with our demand for One Union, One Contract, the WGAE-Vox Media Union views our colleagues at Thrillist as members of our union, and we will make sure that they are made whole in light of management’s decision to essentially shutter this beloved publication. Many of those impacted by today’s layoffs work on Eater’s Cities team, a group of powerhouse journalists who produce some of the most impactful local journalism in the country. Their work has always differentiated Eater and built it into the country’s most prominent food website, and management’s treatment of these workers is both irresponsible and reflects a complete lack of understanding of the journalism that is needed in this moment. We need more boots on the ground doing this essential work, not fewer. As always, the Guild will continue to demand that members are treated fairly in the aftermath of layoffs. As we approach the upcoming negotiations for our third collective bargaining agreement, we want to make abundantly clear to management that the status quo of constant, cyclical layoffs will not continue. We will fight like hell to ensure that our industry has a future, no matter how many times those in charge attempt to run it into the ground. Details on how you can support laid off workers at Vox Media will be forthcoming. Solidarity forever.
December 5, 2024 at 6:14 PM
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ericvb.bsky.social
especially saddened by the obliteration of Thrillist, a site whose union led the first work stoppage in digital media www.workplacefairness.org/why-the-thri...

power and fortune to its workers who have endured years of bullshit ✊🏽
December 5, 2024 at 8:37 PM
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emilybloch.com
Thinking about everyone at Vox impacted by layoffs right now. This part of our industry is never fun, but to blindside employees during the holidays is especially cold. Solidarity with the @voxmediaunion.bsky.social. At SPJ we have resources available to anyone affected:
We’re in this together.
SPJ’s members are the lifeblood of our organization, and it has been painful to watch as many of our friends, perhaps you, have recently lost their jobs.
www.spj.org
December 5, 2024 at 8:31 PM
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voxmediaunion.bsky.social
Hello Bluesky. Sucks that this is our first post. A statement from the Vox Media Union and @wgaeast.bsky.social on today's layoffs. Please stay tuned for more details on how you can support our colleagues who were impacted today.
Today, we were blindsided by news from Vox Media management that many of our colleagues at Thrillist and Eater would lose their jobs. We are devastated to lose writers and editors who produce invaluable work each and every day, and disgusted by Vox Media’s short-sighted decision making. As always, it is the workers who bear the brunt of management’s poor choices, and this close to the holidays, their callousness is especially galling. We are incredibly disappointed by management’s decision to decimate Thrillist, a vertical that it has invested almost nothing in since acquiring it from Group Nine. As we have made clear to management with our demand for One Union, One Contract, the WGAE-Vox Media Union views our colleagues at Thrillist as members of our union, and we will make sure that they are made whole in light of management’s decision to essentially shutter this beloved publication. Many of those impacted by today’s layoffs work on Eater’s Cities team, a group of powerhouse journalists who produce some of the most impactful local journalism in the country. Their work has always differentiated Eater and built it into the country’s most prominent food website, and management’s treatment of these workers is both irresponsible and reflects a complete lack of understanding of the journalism that is needed in this moment. We need more boots on the ground doing this essential work, not fewer. As always, the Guild will continue to demand that members are treated fairly in the aftermath of layoffs. As we approach the upcoming negotiations for our third collective bargaining agreement, we want to make abundantly clear to management that the status quo of constant, cyclical layoffs will not continue. We will fight like hell to ensure that our industry has a future, no matter how many times those in charge attempt to run it into the ground. Details on how you can support laid off workers at Vox Media will be forthcoming. Solidarity forever.
December 5, 2024 at 5:04 PM
opheligarcia.bsky.social
For this crowd! I got laid off <3
December 5, 2024 at 9:25 PM
opheligarcia.bsky.social
fine!!!!!!
November 6, 2024 at 4:07 PM