Brody Brown Email & Phone Number

New York, United States

New York, New York, United States

-Recruited from E! News to help lead a team of 34 at The Messenger, covering all aspects of pop culture and entertainment. After eight months I was the leader of a team of 32.-Edited, developed and tweaked headlines, wrote, booked interviews, ran reporting by publicists, generated story ideas, oversaw event coverage, planned long term strategy, coordinated staff and freelancers, and helmed collaboration with other teams when required

New York, New York, United States

New York, New York, United States

-Began supporting E!’s news reporting and booking teams in Spring of 2021 and assumed supervising talent booker role in Fall, overseeing team of 8 handling all interviews and events for E! News’ morning and evening talk shows, Snapchat show The Rundown, and E! Online-Coached bookers on strategy and daily goal setting, guided editorial staff with developing questions for interviews, coached reporters, supervised all publicist outreach related to breaking news, helped troubleshoot complicated bookings and repair fractured external partner relationships-Oversaw E!’s red carpet presence at several events each week and field produced-Leveraged my own relationships to bring in exclusive reporting like Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson’s split, plus secured exclusive interviews with some of the most talked about talent including Kelly Clarkson, Pamela Anderson, Jack Harlow, Carrie Underwood, Mariah Carey, Hayden Panettiere, Bad Bunny, Anitta, Willie Nelson, Cardi B, Kylie Jenner and more

Greater New York City Area

-Guided multiple editors-in-chief in planning and developing weekly content for the magazine and daily content for the website-Collaborated with editors and writers on story focus and structure, reviewed headlines and copy on all final drafts of print and online pieces, wrote when I was able to -Oversaw publicist relationships for booking cooperatives and reporting purposes-Hosted and produced Us’ most popular weekly news podcast, "Hot Hollywood"-In 2018, I launched and hosted the "#TBT with Us Weekly" podcast, which took listeners into the Us Weekly archives, revisiting interviews, fascinating couplings and riveting feuds chronicled in old issues of the magazine

Greater New York City Area

Helmed all news reporting efforts, including developing newsroom talent and finding new angles on heavily covered stories. Hired and supervised reporters. Regularly booked features focused on lifestyle, fitness, food and parenting.

Greater New York City Area

-Selected from LA bureau to lead NYC-based news team-Served on behalf of magazine as an expert for media opportunities

Greater Los Angeles Area

Continued to cover events, handle interviews and grow a network of sources. Handled many of the magazine’s relationships with publicists, booking interviews and running source reporting by them before publication.

Los Angeles

Hired as staff reporter to cover events, conduct interviews and break news. Quickly grew a network of sources that allowed Us to break, advance or flesh out stories.

-Covered events, developed questions and conducted interviews with celebrities for Life & Style magazine -Regularly contributed pieces for a variety of outlets including Angeleno Magazine, The Huffington Post, AOL’s various lifestyle and news sites, Los Angeles Times’ Brand X, Edge Publications, and Queerty.com

Los Angeles

Penned a column for The Daily Beast titled “Lights, Camera, Cocktails” that tackled how new movies fit into pop culture and the cinematic canon, and paired each with an inspired cocktail recipe, specially crafted by a notable bartender

-Initially coordinated events for an experiential marketing program before managing the nationally distributed spirits clients for the company, including Campari, SKYY Vodka, X-Rated Fusion Liqueur, Cabo Wabo Tequila, as well as Moët & Chandon and Mighty Leaf Tea -Wrangled relationships with celebrity/influencer talent and handled communication with clients and brand managers-Developed brand marketing strategies and oversaw media outreach for spirits and lifestyle clients