Elaine Aradillas

Title: Former Senior Staff Writer

Education: Columbia University — Graduate School of Journalism, The University of Texas at Austin

Elaine Aradillas is a former senior staff writer at PEOPLE. She left PEOPLE in 2023.
She joined PEOPLE in 2007.
Before joining PEOPLE, Elaine was a reporter at Orlando Sentinel from 2005 to 2007, an intern at The New York Times in 2004, a reporter at San Antonio Express-News from 1999 to 2003 and a reporter at Austin American-Statesman in 1999.

Elaine Aradillas is a former senior staff writer covering crime and other verticals at PEOPLE. She left PEOPLE in 2023.

Before joining PEOPLE in 2007, Elaine was a reporter at Orlando Sentinel from 2005 to 2007, an intern at The New York Times in 2004, a reporter at San Antonio Express-News from 1999 to 2003 and a reporter at Austin American-Statesman in 1999. She earned a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University and a bachelor's degree in studio art from The University of Texas at Austin.

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