# @trinityu on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2024-03-22T18:08:15.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Trinity University (@trinityu) — https://gondola.cc/trinityu

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When Rose Minutaglio ’15, senior editor of features & special projects at ELLE magazine, first arrived at Trinity, she envisioned a career in international law for herself.

“What really changed everything for me is I took [Trinity professor emerita of communication] Sammye Johnson’s magazine writing class,” Rose says. “She’s my mentor and a hero in my life. I credit where I am today and everything I’ve accomplished to her. She’s the one who helped me realize my own potential and really believe in myself.” 

After internships with Sports Illustrated and Seventeen leading up to and during her senior year, Rose secured an internship at People magazine after graduating from Trinity. There, she did a little bit of everything from celebrity interviews on the red carpet to crime writing, but she always gravitated towards human interest content. 

A little over two years into her time at People, Hearst poached Rose, and she became the features editor of its digital newsroom, where she wrote and edited content for 17 different sites, including Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, Harper’s Bazaar, Esquire, and Town & Country. In 2019, Rose joined ELLE as a staff writer and climbed the ranks to her new position in January 2024.

With all of her storytelling experience, especially those that deal with tough subjects, Rose says, “The number one thing is always to have empathy. No matter what you’re reporting, writing, or editing, you have to remember it’s about a real person with real feelings and real experiences, and you have to respect that.”

One of Rose’s most treasured possessions is a book called The American Magazine that Professor Johnson gave her. Inside is an inscription that reads, “For Rose—whose name I expect to see at the top of a magazine masthead someday—Sammye.”

It is safe to say that Rose has accomplished that and much more in her young career.

To read her work, visit ELLE.com.

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