Laura Sirikul is a freelance writer, researcher, and managing editor of The Nerds of Color. She has written for Elle Magazine, Variety, Empire Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, Timid Magazine, The LA Times, NBC News, Nerd Reactor, What To Watch, Inverse, Grammy, The Daily Beast, Primetimer, Nerdist, IGN, Den of Geek, Movie View Magazine, Red Carpet Report, The Hollywood Reporter, and many other outlets. She has appeared as a critic on NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour, BBC World News, and CBC’s Commotion. She is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic. She is also a member of the Asian American Journalists Association, Los Angeles Press Club, Critics Choice Association, Television Critics Association, GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, Gold House Journalism Accelerator Program (2024 Cohort), and the BTS ARMY.
Apart from addressing topics covering film and television, Laura strongly advocates social and political awareness for the underrepresented in the entertainment industry, especially for those in the Asian American community.
CLIENTs:
Asian American Girls Club
A.V. Club
BBC News
Bitch Media
CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment)
CBC Commotion
Classiclectic Podcast
Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (CAPE)
Cold Tea Collective
The CW
The Daily Beast
DC Studios Podcast (Titans, Doom Patrol)
Den of Geek
Disney ABC
Elle Magazine USA
Elle Singapore
Empire Magazine
Entertainment Weekly
Famous Monsters Magazine
Gallifrey One
Georgia Public Broadcasting
Gizmodo / iO9
Gold House “Gold Talks”
Grammy / The Recording Academy
The Hollywood Reporter
Houston Cinema Arts Society
IGN
IGN Middle East
Inverse
Iowa Public Radio
July Magazine
KCLU
KEDM-FM
KTEP-FM
KVCR-FM (San Bernardino, CA)
The Laterals
Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
Los Angeles Times
Lightbox Expo 2023
Lionsgate
Mental Floss
Mill Valley Film Festival
Movie View Magazine - China
National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP)
NBC News
Nerd Reactor
Nerds of Color
Nerdist
Netflix
NPR
Pilot TV Magazine
Primetimer
Prime Video (Amazon)
Red Carpet Report News Media
Rugby World Magazine
Sorbet Magazine
SXSW
Think Tank for Inclusion & Equity (TTIE)
Thrillist
Timid Magazine
TREKNEWS.NET
Trek Movie
TV Insider
Variety
Visual Communications
Warner Bros. TV
What to Watch
WLPR-FM (Lowell, IN)
WPRL-FM
WPSU-FM (State College, PA)
BBC World News
