Professional/Personal Overview
From pop culture to cell cultures, I cover it all. Profile of "Extreme Makeover" TV surgeon? Check. Foodie feature in "Oprah" magazine? Check.
Work Info
Expertise
Journalism Professor, Morgan State University
2 Years
Reporter
5 Years
Writer
5 Years
Specialty
Food
2 Years
Health
4 Years
Entertainment
5 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
5 Years
Media Client List (# assignments
last 2 yrs)
Food Chemical News B2B newsletter (11+), JET Magazine (11+), SELF Magazine (3-5), O, The Oprah Magazine (1-2)
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (11+)
Other Work History
I also work as an assistant professor of journalism at Morgan State University.
Computer Skills
Microsoft (MS) Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Adobe Photoshop
Technical Skills
Final Cut Pro (Beginner)
Equipment
Laptop, Digital camera, Audio recorder, DV Cam
Foreign Language Skills
Functional French
Awards
Accepted, Howard University College of Medicine (2002), Weinstein-Luby Award for Excellence in Student Journalism (2003)
Associations
National Association of Black Journalists
Other
I majored in Biology and minored in Chemistry while attending Xavier University of Louisiana. I have a keen understanding of how the body works, and enjoy conveying nitty-gritty science facts in a non-technical way. I also love to travel and learn about new cultures.
Freelancer Availability
I freelance full-time. I live near Baltimore, MD. I am willing to travel anywhere. I have a driver's license. I have access to a car.
Work Samples
Restaurant Reviews
(Baltimore Sun.com , 10/31/2007)
This photo journal ranks the top 5 scariest bars in Baltimore. Each dive has its own real-life ghost stories, given by bar owners and regulars.
(Baltimore Sun.com , 8/26/2007)
The South Beach diet did not stand a chance when Hosten entered this place...
(Baltimore Sun.com , 8/24/2007)
The menu at Pepe's is on par with its décor. It only seems logical that a place that serves Philly cheesesteaks alongside pancakes should be decorated like an eat-in 7/11...
(Baltimore Sun.com , 8/24/2007)
It's Cheers meets carryout restaurant with a Thai flair, I thought to myself as I entered Charles Street's cozy Thairish...
(Baltimore Sun.com , 8/24/2007)
You may think Cuba is all Castro, Communism and cigars, but there's a little piece of Havana right on the bay (of pigs, if you will), that suggests otherwise. OK, so it's not actually on the bay -- it's more like on the Baltimore harbor, but...
Health & Nutrition
(O, The Oprah Magazine , 11/1/2006)
Wouldn't you know it--just when we're finally trained to troll for brightly colored produce and scrutinize food labels as if they were prenuptial agreements, we learn that even these efforts can leave us nutritionally short...
(JET Magazine , 4/12/2004)
When ABC's "Extreme Makeover" surged in popularity, JET readers wanted to know more about the show's sole African-American plastic surgeon. Hosten called up ABC, tracked down the doc, and told his story.
(The Northwest Indiana Times , 5/22/2003)
In addition to interesting features, Hosten also does hard news. Here is a clip of a tobacco legislature update she freelanced for a newspaper in Indiana as part of the Medill Newswire Service.
Op-Ed
(Chips Quinn Scholars Web site , 8/19/2005)
Hosten was trained by the best. For nine months of her journalistic career, she sat across the boardroom table from John H. Johnson, publisher of JET and Ebony magazines. When Johnson died this August, Hosten wrote an essay about her tutelage under his iconic legacy.
(Utica Observer-Dispatch , 10/25/2002)
Do you remember a couple of Octobers ago, when two snipers terrorized the Washington-Metropolitan area? Not like Hosten does. In her first Op-Ed piece, she tells you just how scared everyone was, from the front line.
Entertainment
(JET Magazine , 5/17/2004)
After nearly half a century, Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun" was reprised. The Tony Award-winning cast (which included the multi-hyphenate hip-hop mogul P. Diddy) talked to Hosten about what it meant to recreate a classic.
(JET Magazine , 5/3/2004)
During this past election cycle, hip-hop moguls tried their hand in encouraging youth to vote. But way before P. Diddy's "Vote or Die" campaign, there was Russell Simmons' Hip-Hop Action Summit Network. Hosten spoke with him -- and many other participating rappers -- about the group's goals.
(JET Magazine , 4/5/2004)
This cover story highlights the legendary soul singer Smokey Robinson's bout with drug abuse; his conquering of it; and his triumphant, first foray into the gospel music genre.
(JET Magazine , 8/11/2003)
Upon the release of her sophomore album, R&B singer Ashanti talked to Hosten about surviving "the jinx" and her struggles in the music business.
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June 4, 2013 | San Francisco
