We want to shine some light on Shannon J. Effinger (Shannon Ali), who has been a freelance arts journalist and cultural critic for over a decade. Her work regularly appears in publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian UK, AFAR Magazine, W Magazine, Fodor’s Travel, Pitchfork, Jazziz, and NPR Music. 

After attending our Make More Money Workshop, Shannon shared:

"The workshop was so helpful! Today, I nabbed a new client and increased my hourly rate for the first time in four years. What a way to kick off 2025!"

🎉 Join us in congratulating Shannon on this win!! Woooot!! 

✨✨✨ Check out Shannon's work here: https://shannon-ali.media/

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More about Shannon:

In 2020, Shannon made her film debut as a featured critic in the documentary UNIVERSE, the rediscovered orchestral suite by Wayne Shorter, written more than 50 years ago for Miles Davis and left unrecorded and largely untouched until it was revisited by Davis' protégé, the late trumpeter Wallace Roney. That same year, UNIVERSE had its North American premiere at DOC NYC, the nation's largest documentary festival.

She has penned album notes for over a dozen albums, including Meshell Ndegeocello’s No More Water (Blue Note Records), Yusef Lateef’s Atlantis Lullaby: The Avignon Concert, Angel Bat Dawid’s LIVE album, and Dorothy Ashby: With Strings Attached, 1957-1965. Released in June 2023 on New Land Records, this six-album vinyl box set has garnered praise from The New Yorker and The Wall Street Journal.