Arianna is currently the Digital Director for the upcoming OprahMag.com, a new Hearst Digital site that will launch this fall. Stay tuned for more details!
Previously at Refinery29, Arianna was a senior features writer who specialized in longform trend pieces, pop-culture news, and personal essays. She launched popular franchises and oversaw special projects and packages — including an International Women's Day feature with former First Lady Michelle Obama — and created content for Unbothered, R29's channel for Black millennial women. As an on-camera host, she interviewed celebrities in-studio, reported live on-air from red carpets, and co-hosted a weekly pop-culture talk show. She also served as an expert commentator for outlets like Access Hollywood, Fusion, and TLC's Royal Wedding documentary, in addition to moderating panels for Netflix, OWN, Starz, SAG, Neon Films, and more.
To date, she has interviewed everyone from Hillary Clinton to Oprah Winfrey, Nicole Kidman, Issa Rae, Viola Davis, Mariah Carey, Will Smith, Ava DuVernay, and the casts of projects ranging from Black Panther and A Wrinkle In Time to This Is Us and Pretty Little Liars.
The Penn State alum got her start in journalism as a Dow Jones Newspaper Fund fellow at The New York Daily News, followed by an internship at O, The Oprah Magazine. There, she became the assistant to editor at large Gayle King before she took over the magazine's Live Your Best Life section. After six years, she moved to Us Weekly to oversee the magazine's breaking celebrity news coverage, before heading to Refinery29. Her writing has also been featured in New York Magazine and The Cut, Glamour, MarieClaire, PopSugar Latina, and more.
Follow her on Twitter and Instagram!
Previously at Refinery29, Arianna was a senior features writer who specialized in longform trend pieces, pop-culture news, and personal essays. She launched popular franchises and oversaw special projects and packages — including an International Women's Day feature with former First Lady Michelle Obama — and created content for Unbothered, R29's channel for Black millennial women. As an on-camera host, she interviewed celebrities in-studio, reported live on-air from red carpets, and co-hosted a weekly pop-culture talk show. She also served as an expert commentator for outlets like Access Hollywood, Fusion, and TLC's Royal Wedding documentary, in addition to moderating panels for Netflix, OWN, Starz, SAG, Neon Films, and more.
To date, she has interviewed everyone from Hillary Clinton to Oprah Winfrey, Nicole Kidman, Issa Rae, Viola Davis, Mariah Carey, Will Smith, Ava DuVernay, and the casts of projects ranging from Black Panther and A Wrinkle In Time to This Is Us and Pretty Little Liars.
The Penn State alum got her start in journalism as a Dow Jones Newspaper Fund fellow at The New York Daily News, followed by an internship at O, The Oprah Magazine. There, she became the assistant to editor at large Gayle King before she took over the magazine's Live Your Best Life section. After six years, she moved to Us Weekly to oversee the magazine's breaking celebrity news coverage, before heading to Refinery29. Her writing has also been featured in New York Magazine and The Cut, Glamour, MarieClaire, PopSugar Latina, and more.
Follow her on Twitter and Instagram!
