Peter A. Berry Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

New York, United States

New York, United States

New York City Metropolitan Area

Ideate feature pieces for Netflix movies and TV showsWrite essays for Netflix's companion site, TUDUMTeam up with Netflix GEEKED for various anime coverageWrite video scripts

Pitch and write features for XXLMag.com and XXL Magazine print editionInterview artists for profiles in the print edition of XXL MagazineLiaise with publicists and managers to coordinate interviewsFact-check articles I've been assignedMonitor Google Analytics to see what has and hasn't worked for XXL coverageCopy edit and fact-check feature stories for XXL staff members and freelancersResearch historical happenings in rap history to discover angles for new features on site and in print

Greater New York City Area

Used research techniques and devised coverage strategies to help raise XXL's pageviews from 219,668,173 in 2018 to over 395,000,000 in 2019. Research the internet to find stories that interest XXL's audienceManage team of four news writers to produce up to 40 articles each weekTeach freelance news writers and staff members about the inverted pyramid and researchCopy edit, fact-check and publish dozens of news articles each weekWrite breaking news items for national events, decide how to provide more elaborate, multi-dimensional news coverage to address newsSearch through court documents and make calls to courthouses to find legal information and break newsCoordinate with publicists and managers to break news for the site. Post tweets to the XXL Twitter accountAssign interviews for trending news story follow-up storiesInterview artists and write features on said artistsLiaise with record labels to coordinate interviews, office visits, and opportunities to break newsAppear in XXL's Spend Some Time interview series as well as other on-camera showsFact-check for print issues of XXL Magazine

Greater New York City Area

Wrote, fact-checked, edited and self-published 20-25 news articles every weekWrote album reviews, concert recaps, Q&As and more features for XXLMag.comFact-checked, edited, updated, wrote and assigned XXL's Today in Hip-Hop posts, which documented notable happenings in rap historyManaged XXL's Instagram account, helping expand follower count from 2 million to 3.2 million in 8 monthsHelped choose XXL's 2018 Freshman Class after evaluating a variety of artist credentialsInterviewed dozens of rappers/producers for website/magazine features, including 2018 XXL Freshman YBN Nahmir and Smokepurpp, along with Birdman, Juice Wrld, YBN Cordae, Valee, Fat Nick, Pardison Fontaine, Tay Keith, Nick Mira, DJ Premier, Bobby Sessions, Gunplay, Asian Doll and numerous othersCoordinated with record labels and PR agencies to set-up interviews, fact-check for XXL Magazine print issues

Greater New York City Area

Fact-checked, edited and self-published 35 news articles every weekFact-checked and researched for XXL Magazine print issue storiesResearched the internet for features/listsInterviewed up-and-coming rappers like Kent Jones, Leaf and Tasha The Amazon for featuresWrote album reviews

Greater New York City Area

Served as an occasional news writerResearched topics to write miscellaneous lists/featuresTranscribed interviews for XXL Magazine print issues

Greater New York City Area

Greater New York City Area

Greater New York City Area