I am a writer, editor, critic, and media consultant. For nearly 15 years, I’ve provided vital insight on TV, media, and how the entertainment industry impacts the wider world.

My recent tenure as Chief TV Critic of Variety (2018 - 2023) included hundreds of reviews and reported features. My cover stories profiled impactful Hollywood figures such as Maya Rudolph, Hannah Gadsby, and Ted Lasso duo Hannah Waddingham and Juno Temple. I have also won several LA/National Press Club Awards, including TV Critic of the Year.

With bylines in publications including The Boston Globe, Vulture, The Atlantic, The A.V. Club, and more, I relish the chance to not just dissect television, but contextualize it. I’ve covered everything from internet culture, to the impact of the burgeoning #MeToo movement, to the ways in which reality TV twists and reflects actual reality. In addition to writing for print and digital magazines, I’ve also made frequent radio appearances, guested on podcasts, and collaborated on video #content.

Prior to Variety, I was a Culture Writer at Vox; prior to that, I was working in television in Los Angeles, where I learned so much about the industry I would go on to cover in my writing.

Me and my anxiously attached dog Ruby (pictured) are currently based in Brooklyn, NYC.