Noemi Arellano-Summer is an award-winning journalist currently working in the Central Oregon area. She has experience as a reporter, editor, copy editor, photojournalist and arts critic. She is passionate about education, arts, history, culture, film, literature and local news.
She is currently schools, youth and families reporter for The Bulletin in Bend, Oregon. She won an education writing award from the Society of Professional Journalists for a feature story on disrupted learning in Bend-La Pine Schools, the fifth-largest school district in Oregon.
Noemi was a reporter for the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland’s national award-winning investigative project on homelessness: Nowhere to Go. She wrote a featured sidebar on Massachusetts landlords and contributed to other pieces on encampments and the state of homelessness in Massachusetts. That project was picked up by The Boston Globe and the Associated Press, as well as several Massachusetts news sources.
A graduate with a BS in Journalism and a Minor in History from Boston University, Noemi has dabbled in many types of journalism and criticism. She is currently a freelance journalist for Providence Business News. She has written essays about literature, film and theater for Reactor (formerly Tor.com), Screen Queens and Ancient World Magazine.
Noemi wrote nonfiction accounts of history, entertainment and culture for Static Media’s Grunge. She has discussed entertainment at ScreenRant, Mindfray and The Celebrity Cafe, while also writing film reviews for The Boston Hassle. Noemi has written about literature and culture for The Collective, and travel and social justice for Catalyst Planet.
Noemi interned for Filles Vertes Publishing, LLC, and was mentored in the publishing industry by Tessera Editorial, Writers House and Representation Matters.