Author: Karen Benardello
As a graduate of LIU Post with a B.F.A in Journalism, Print and Electronic, Karen Benardello served as ShockYa's Senior Movies & Television Editor from 2010-2022. She currently serves as the Senior Movies & Television Editor for FilmFactual. Her duties include interviewing filmmakers and musicians, and writing movie, television and music reviews and news articles. As a New York City-area based journalist, she's a member of two film guilds, New York Film Critics Online and the Women Film Critics Circle.
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