While a film student at Hunter College, Shea answered a Craigslist request for a stage performance website that was looking to expand into film and television reviews. During her six years as an entertainment journalist, she was featured by NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour, Roger Ebert, Nylon, Men’s Health, Apartment Therapy, and more.

Shea still uses Substack to keep her followers up to date with her thoughts on all things TV.

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August 24, 2022 for Men’s Health - A New Vanguard of Indigenous Changemakers Is Rising Up

February 22, 2022 for Film Cred - ‘tick, tick…BOOM!’ and Inching Closer to 30

October 11, 2021 for Apartment Therapy - Learn the History of the Land You Live On, and 5 More Ways to Celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day

September 23, 2021 for Slate - What a Tribal Casino Boss and a Cold-Blooded Killer Have in Common

May 19, 2021 for Slate - Rutherford Falls’ Creator on Shattering Native Stereotypes White People Don’t Even Know Exist

April 22, 2021 for Slate - A New Sitcom Tells “the Greatest Story Never Told”

April 20, 2021 for Film School Rejects - Hulu's 'Sasquatch' Digs Into Some Sinister Stuff

November 26, 2020 for Film School Rejects - 9 Native Filmmakers You Should Know

November 19, 2020 for Film School Rejects - Chief’s Dynamic Change in 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest'

October 15, 2020 for Film School Rejects - Digging Up the Indian Burial Ground Trope

May 14, 2020 for High Country News - The ‘Aila Test’ evaluates representation of Indigenous women in media

May 12, 2020 for High Country News - 5 films to Indigenize your watch-at-home movie list

March 8, 2020 for Roger Ebert - Hate Breeds Hate: Why Adolf Hitler is Wearing a Plains Indian Headdress in Jojo Rabbit

January 26, 2020 for Film Daze - A Talk with Erica Tremblay on ‘Little Chief’, Her Sundance Debut

January 24, 2020 for Nylon - 5 Can't Miss Women-Directed Films The Oscars Snubbed

January 13, 2020 for Zora — How the Movie ‘Parasite’ Confronts Native Stereotypes