Best Category We Didn’t Think Of: Best Local Publisher

January 22, 2025
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It’s quite ironic that a publication didn’t think to add the best local publisher to our curated contest. Maybe it’s because we know that we would win. Or worse, that we would lose.

Flipping through magazines for as long as she can remember, Ambar Ramirez has always known she wanted to be a journalist. Fast forward, Ambar is now a multimedia journalist and creative for Folio Weekly. As a recent graduate from the University of North Florida, she has written stories for the university’s newspaper as well as for personal blogs. Though mainly a writer, Ambar also designs and dabbles in photography. If not working on the latest story or design project, she is usually cozied up in bed with a good book or at a thrift store buying more clothes she doesn’t need.

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