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Staff
| Kiran Aditham, Editor, AgencySpy [send message] Kiran joined Mediabistro in June 2009 and has been riling up ad agencies ever since as the editor of AgencySpy. Prior to joining Mediabistro, Kiran spent two years as a digital reporter for Crain's Creativity magazine and two years before that as managing editor of online marketing site Adotas.com. On the side, Kiran dabbles in music/film journalism and his work has appeared in Fangoria, Grooves, XLR8R, The New Times and sites like PrefixMag.com. He still continues his unenviable search to find someone else who shares equal love and admiration for horror films, tennis and the Golden Girls. |
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| Melanie Albert, Online Marketing Coordinator [send message] After graduating from University of Maryland in 2010, Melanie has worked in sales at a real estate research company and LivingSocial in Washington, D.C. Since moving to New York, she has joined the Mediabistro marketing team to promote education courses. She is currently working towards earning her certificate in Digital Media Marketing from NYU. In her spare time, you can find her discovering new activities, going to the movies and trying new restaurants in the city. |
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| Ashley Taylor Anderson, Senior Marketing Manager [send message] Ashley joined the Mediabistro marketing team in 2012 after 7 years of wrangling with physics, astronomy, and chemistry authors as development editor for Pearson Science. When she's not working marketing magic, you'll find her in the kitchen whipping up delectable pastries, writing in a café, cursing at a sewing machine, or losing herself in a fantastical book. As a recent transplant to New York from San Francisco, she still marvels at commonplace miracles such as snow, high-volume foot traffic, and old buildings. |
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| Chris Ariens, Vice President and Editorial Director [send message] Chris joined Mediabistro in July 2007 as editor of TVNewser.com and executive producer of the blog network and was promoted to editorial director in June 2009. Before joining mediabistro, Chris spent seven years at MSNBC, as a line producer, coordinating producer for the Olympics, and lastly as executive producer of daytime programs., Chris worked as a producer in local TV news in Green Bay (WLUK) and Tampa (WFTS). Born, raised, and schooled in Wisconsin; skiing and travel keep Chris from falling into a TV news trance. Follow TVNewser on Twitter. |
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| Donya Blaze, Managing Editor [send message] As Mediabistro's managing editor, Donya spends her days, nights, and shower time thinking of new and interesting features that speak to the needs of busy media professionals. She should know -- before joining mb, she worked in every aspect of the business other than cleaning floors. She has been an on-air announcer for WOWI-FM, WPGC-FM, WUSL-FM, and WCAU-TV, and the urban programming manager for AOL Music and AOL Radio. More recently, she published the music magazine Milk and freelanced for HoneyMag.com, Sister 2 Sister, and Upscale. In her free time, she enjoys Cold Stone Creamery's Birthday Cake Remix (a Like It Serving, please), reruns of Martin (Damn, Gina!), and shopping for bargains (Do you have a rewards program?). |
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| Jason Boog, Editor, Mediabistro Publishing [send message] As editor of Mediabistro Publishing, Jason Boog curates publishing events and shapes the digital publishing curriculum at Mediabistro. He also edits the GalleyCat blog and hosts the daily Morning Media Menu podcast. Before Mediabistro, Jason was an investigative reporter at Judicial Reports and a publishing blogger for Know More Media. His work has appeared in The Believer, Granta, Salon.com, The Revealer, and Peace Corps Writers. |
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Anthony Capalbo, Senior Sales Manager [send message] Anthony Capalbo has excelled in online media sales and management with WebMediaBrands since 2000. He has always had a knack for taking the time to listen, understand, and respond to his client needs. Whether on the road or in the NYC or Connecticut office, Anthony is always working to help his clients achieve their goals. He lives in Connecticut with his wife and two sons and enjoys spending time with them, extended family and friends. |
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Danielle Chazen, Event Marketing Associate [send message] Danielle Chazen joined the Mediabistro events team in June 2012. Danielle began her career in New York as an event and media coordinator across the technology, media, fashion and hedge fund industries. As a freelance sports writer, she loves interviewing pro athletes, especially her hometown Baltimore Ravens. Danielle graduated with a degree in journalism from the University of Maryland and can be found exploring her new neighborhood, the Upper West Side. |
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| Brandon Chez, Web Developer [send message] Brandon brings a variety of programming skills to the team at Mediabistro. He graduated with a degree in Computer Science from Rochester Institute of Technology in 2009. He took many Web development jobs during college to stay current with the latest technologies. After graduating, he developed training simulations for the Navy at Lockheed Martin. Brandon is also an avid gamer and enjoys playing many games competitively. He was once featured on SpikeTV for drumming in the best plastic instrument Rock Band in the world. |
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| Liana Choi, Manager, Job Board Operations [send message] Liana graduated from Binghamton University in 2003 and has always worked in media. Her previous positions include working as an editor at PRNewswire and as an on-air programmer at Lifetime Television. She supports the goals of Mediabistro's job board through data mining, ad hoc reporting, and new business development. Liana currently resides in the Bay Area. |
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| David Cohen, Lead Writer, AllFacebook.com [send message] David Cohen is not related to the editor of AllFacebook.com, but he does cover for Jackie when she’s off duty. He also edits Mediabistro's Morning Media Newsfeed and has more than 20 years of journalism experience, including more than 10 in the online sector at publications like Multichannel News and Broadcasting & Cable. He is a New York University graduate who lives in Hoboken, N.J. |
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| Chiara DePaolo, Event Associate [send message] Chiara is the events associate at Mediabistro. She started her career in healthcare public relations but found event planning more exciting and fun especially when all the variables come together; which, somehow they always seem to do. When she is not planning a Mediabistro event, Chiara can be found practicing yoga, baking or hunting for obscure and not so obscure restaurants. |
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| Evan Dierlam, Web Production Associate [send message] As the new Web production associate at Mediabistro, Evan slings webs across mb assets and fights UI crime. At night, he can be found webbing his way across the city. Though a recent New York transplant, his gluttony for culture leads him to consume a plethora of museums and shows regularly. On mornings, he can be found wandering starry-eyed between stalls at the farmer's markets, or furiously writing or drawing, all while single-handedly increasing Sri Lanka's GDP through mass tea consumption. |
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Kevin Eck, Editor, TVSpy / Producer, mediabistroTV [send message] Kevin joined Mediabistro as an editor for TVSpy and video producer in August 2012. Before moving to NYC, Kevin spent much of his adult life in the San Francisco Bay Area working at local TV stations until succumbing to the lure of the high tech world. Born in Rapid City, South Dakota, and having moved to multiple Air Force bases with his family as a child, Kevin takes way too much time to answer the simple question, "So, where are you from?" something that endlessly annoys his wife. He is a proud graduate of San Jose State University and has multiple regional emmy awards for producing, editing and just hanging around some guys who were doing great work. He enjoys reading, watching movies (Anchorman is his favorite) and music that makes him cry. When he's not working or laying about on the couch searching for new episodes of "Finding Bigfoot", he can be found searching for hills to climb on his fancy carbon bicycle. |
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Jessica Eule, Executive Director of Education [send message] Jessica has been part of the education department since 2005, working her way up the trenches from coordinator to executive director. Her goal is to create a roster of courses that will help everyone climb the ladder to the job they want. She is a self-proclaimed foodie, starting her career in the business department of Gourmet. She graduated from the University of Delaware and can be found scoping out the latest restaurant, catching up on her DVR collection of reality television, and finding the best ramen in NYC. She welcomes course and restaurant recommendations. |
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Frank Fazio, Senior Director of Sales, Events [send message] Frank Fazio oversees Mediabistro's event sponsorships, including cocktail parties, conferences, and panel discussions. Prior to joining Mediabistro, he spent eight years as the director of sales at the Search Engine Strategies Conference & Expo Series, which was formerly owned by WebMediaBrands. Frank is is a graduate of the University of South Carolina (Go Gamecocks!) and lives in Stamford, CT. In his spare time, you can find Frank coaching his daughter's soccer team, downloading music (legally of course), or hiking some random section of the Appalachian Trail. |
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| John Gephart, Senior Developer [send message] John is a Web developer and information junkie. Sports interests include playing racquetball, skiing, and destroying friends in fantasy sports leagues. He roots hard for the Philadelphia Eagles from deep within New York Giants country. John recently taught a cat to roll over on command after being told it couldn't be done. His Tivo is always overloaded, and he has probably seen every episode of Seinfeld at least 10 times. John's work has nothing to do with chemistry or beakers. |
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| Devon Glenn, Editor, SocialTimes.com Devon Glenn left Southern California for New York City in 2008. Her writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register, Kirkus Reviews, and the now-defunct mobile magazine, U+Me. She lives somewhere between Brooklyn and the weird part of YouTube. |
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Jeff Hazen, Senior Sales Manager [send message] Jeff comes to us after many years at Internet.com, having had responsibility for setting up and managing partnerships and revenue share programs along with forging new business development deals. After graduating college in Rhode Island with a degree in communications, he spent over eight years at one of the original computer product catalog resellers, Mac/MicroWarehouse, in a myriad of different (delete) sales and marketing roles, the last one culminating in the role of Director of International Marketing, overseeing the company’s product management and merchandising for overseas offices. In his spare time, Jeff enjoys travelling with his family to new and exciting places. |
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Tiffany Kesden, Senior Operations Associate |
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Tatyana Kuznetsova, Interactive Art Director |
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| Rachel LaMariana, Client Relations Associate [send message] Rachel joined the Mediabistro team in March, 2013. Since Rachel was 15, her dream has been to live in the Big Apple and work hard in the Media industry. After graduating early from SUNY Oswego with a Communications degree, she took up two internships involving PR and Entertainment. One year later she went in for the kill and landed the perfect job at Mediabistro. Rachel is more than excited to be a part of the Mediabistro team and she looks forward to years to come. |
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| Eva Pereira, Education Manager [send message] As Education Manager, Eva will focus on building our roster of online courses and conferences. She has a background in news media, coming to us from Forbes where she worked as a Web Producer for the Technology channel. When she wasn't working on homepage editing or recruiting new writers, she led the educational webinars for the staff. In her spare time, she writes about education technology among other things. Originally from South Florida, she misses the beach and warm weather, and tries to return home as often as possible. |
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| Stewart Quealy, Director of Content, Events/Conferences [send message] Stewart joined the Mediabistro team in 2010 and currently curates the live events and conferences. Previously, he played a leadership role in running the Search Engine Strategies (SES) events as part of the original content team at Incisive Media. Prior to that, Stewart worked with Jupitermedia and was responsible for launching emerging technology events such as the Jupiter/IAB Advertising Forum, Plug.IN, Game Market Watch, Enterprise Linux Forum and ClickZ Online Video Advertising. Stewart has also worked closely with the open-source Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the IT Service Management Forum (itSMF), and the Object Management Group (OMG), an international not-for-profit computer industry consortium. Earlier in the dot-com bubble, Stewart worked with 101 Communications and SIGS Publications, overseeing their object-oriented programming portfolio of events, including Java DevCon, XML ONE and C++ World. Follow him on Twitter @stewq. |
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| Sandra Reitman, Education Assistant [send message] Sandra Reitman joined Mediabistro after graduating with her MA in Media Studies from The New School in New York. Originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin and earning her BA in Journalism from Indiana University, Sandra has an insurmountable amount of Midwestern pride. That said, she loves exploring all the city has to offer: hot spots, eclectic food, local concerts and an occasional tourist destination. |
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| Carrie Rons, Director of Accounts, Job Board [send message] Carrie joins Mediabistro with more than eight years of online advertising sales experience. Previously at Yahoo! and The Knot Inc, Carrie thrives in the media world and in establishing strong relationships with our recruitment advertising partners. Carrie graduated from The University of Delaware and currently lives in New York City. |
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Betsy Rothstein, Editor, mediabistro Washington, D.C. |
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Emily Schwartz, Event Manager |
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Tim Sohn, Editor, Morning Social Media Newsfeed |
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Heather Frank Turk, Director of Event Operations |
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Gretchen VanEsselstyn, Director of Curriculum, Community, and Education Technology |
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Alex Weprin, Senior Editor, TVNewser and SportsNewser |
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Mona Zhang, Editorial Assistant & Social Media Coordinator |
