Portfolio Center Blog Portfolio Center Blog: Radio, TV and Journalism Industry Expert Althea Legaspi
Althea Legaspi has been covering all things music for more than a decade. The former editor in chief of Illinois Entertainer magazine, Althea currently writes for Chicago Tribune, Paste magazine, Global Rhythm magazine, and Stop Smiling magazine, among others.
She is the on-air music critic for NPR affiliate Chicago Public Radio's "Eight Forty-Eight" program and her features also air on "All Things Considered." She co-produces and co-edits her segments. Althea has served as an on-camera correspondent for Rollingstone.com, HOB.com, and the PBS affiliate WTTW television show "Sound Opinions," as well as co-hosted Q101¹s "Local 101."
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