Zócalo Public SquareIf She Hadn’t Been a Film Critic, She Might Have Been a Nun – Zócalo Public Square https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org Ideas Journalism With a Head and a Heart Mon, 21 Oct 2024 07:01:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 If She Hadn’t Been a Film Critic, She Might Have Been a Nun https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2015/08/28/if-she-hadnt-been-a-film-critic-she-might-have-been-a-nun/personalities/in-the-green-room/ https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2015/08/28/if-she-hadnt-been-a-film-critic-she-might-have-been-a-nun/personalities/in-the-green-room/#respond Fri, 28 Aug 2015 07:03:38 +0000 Zocalo https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/?p=63764 Claudia Puig reviewed films for USA Today for 15 years. She began her journalism career in 1986 at the Los Angeles Times, covering local news, including the L.A. Riots in 1991. Before moderating a discussion on how to film the Mexican-American story, Puig revealed her childhood interest in becoming a nun, the worst movie review she ever wrote, and the moment she almost gave up journalism.

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