Jessica Zaleski

About Me

Jessica Zaleski is a journalist, editor and blogger. She recently graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in journalism and a specialization in magazine and feature writing. She has been a style guru for College Fashionista, and she has interned at XO Group, which produces The Knot, The Nest, and The Bump magazines. She is currently a writer for HOME Magazine, North Central Florida's leading community and lifestyle magazine. She is also a writer for College Candy, the number one website for college-aged women, where she has been dubbed a "pop culture pro" and has written about all things from her stance on standardized testing to her stance on Suri Cruise.

She recently moved to New York City and hopes to work at a magazine or website. When she is not writing, blogging or tweeting, Jessica performs improv comedy. She tries to incorporate her love of comedy into her writing and succeeds about 5% of the time (she hopes). If you want to contact Jessica directly, you can e-mail her at jessicakzaleski@gmail.com.

Selected Writings

• "How The Glee Graduation Episode Compares To My Actual Graduation Two Weeks Ago"
  (Crushable, May. 23, 2012)
• "I Stalked My Middle School Crush"
  (Crushable, Feb. 7, 2012)
• "Teen Dating Advice: The 4 Stages Of A New Relationship"
  (Huffington Post, Jan. 3, 2012)
• "My 10 Guiltiest TV Pleasures"
  (College Candy, Nov. 27, 2011)
• "Interview with Anya Ayoung-Chee, Winner of Project Runway"
  (College Candy, Oct. 28, 2011)
• "Can We Just Leave Carrie Alone Yet?"
  (College Candy, Sept. 13, 2011)
• "40 Under 40: Hirofumi Leung and Song Kim"
  (HOME Magazine website, Dec. 2011)
• "Style Advice of the Week: Summer Lovin' Your Waist"
  (College Fashionista, July 26, 2010)

Partial Resume

Experience

• CONTRIBUTING WRITER, CRUSHABLE -- Feb. 2012 to Present
  National
• WRITER, COLLEGE CANDY -- Aug. 2011 to Present
  National
• SENIOR EDITOR, ORANGE AND BLUE MAGAZINE -- Jan. 2012 to May 2012
  Gainesville, FL
• WRITER, HOME MAGAZINE -- Oct. 2011 to Present
  Gainesville, FL
• FASHION/BEAUTY INTERN, THE KNOT -- May 2011 to Aug. 2011
  New York, NY

Education

• UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA -- May 2012
  Bachelor of Science in Journalism

Skills

Links

Where I've Worked

• Crushable
• College Candy
• HOME Magazine
• The Bump
• The Knot
• The Nest
• College Fashionista

My Favorite Blogs

• Who What Wear
• Jezebel
• The Frisky
• The Concerns of Mindy Kaling
• Thought Catalog