Jason Guerrasio

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New York City, New York, United States25 yrs 2 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Award-winning entertainment correspondent
Managed editorial operations at Filmmaker Magazine
Panel moderator on film industry discussions

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Media and Entertainment Professional with strong expertise in journalism and film production.

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Skills

Core Skills

JournalismFilm ProductionEditing

Other Skills

BloggingEditorial

About

I'm currently an the award-winning entertainment correspondent at Business Insider. FOLLOW ME -- https://www.businessinsider.com/author/jason-guerrasio?follow-me -- I've also written for numerous publications including Vanity Fair, Esquire, Vulture, Rolling Stone, The Dissolve, Indiewire, Movies.com, among others. I won the 2020 New York Press Club award and 2020 Los Angeles Press Club award for my story on the rise and fall of MoviePass: https://www.businessinsider.com/inside-story-moviepass-rise-fall-2019-8 For five years I was the Managing Editor at Filmmaker Magazine where I oversaw the editorial operations for both print and web. I also moderate and sit on panels across the country covering issues in the film industry and discussions with filmmakers. Specialties: adobe, adobe acrobat, adobe photoshop, apple, basecamp, dreamweaver, features, filemaker pro, film production, HTML, indesign, journalism, macintosh, microsoft excel, microsoft office, microsoft powerpoint, microsoft word, pc, public speaking, quark, stories, video, writing,

Experience

Business insider

3 roles

Entertainment Correspondent

Mar 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 1 mo

JournalismFilm Production

Senior Entertainment Reporter at Insider

Mar 2020 – Mar 2021 · 1 yr

JournalismFilm Production

Senior Entertainment Reporter

Mar 2015 – Mar 2020 · 5 yrs

JournalismFilm Production

Tribeca film institute

Web Editor

Feb 2012 – Feb 2015 · 3 yrs · New York, New York

Oversee online content/social media, host of TFI LIVE podcast -- https://tribecafilminstitute.org/blog/category/podcast

JournalismEditing

Freelance journalist

Entertainment/Movies

Jan 2012 – Feb 2015 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Vanity Fair, Esquire, Vulture, Rolling Stone, The Dissolve, Indiewire, Movies.com, among others.

JournalismFilm Production

Filmmaker magazine

Managing Editor

Nov 2006 – Jan 2012 · 5 yrs 2 mos

Managing Editor for Filmmaker Magazine in Brooklyn, NY from November 2006 to January 2012.
Head of producing the magazine for publication.
Coordinate assignments with writers and photographers.
Manage the magazine’s website (filmmakermagazine.com) through working with Webmaster, videographer and writers.
Blog and write stories for magazine and Web.
Manage the magazine’s social media presence (Facebook, Twitter, MySpace) and weekly newsletter.
Resize images to place into the site’s photo carousel and web stories.
Cover film festivals.
Develop cover shoots.
Manage magazine/website budgets.
Deliver magazine to printer.
Juror for Filmmaker-presented “Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You” Award at IFP Gotham Awards.

EditingJournalism

Variety

Assistant Editor

Oct 2006 – Nov 2006 · 1 mo

Assistant Editor for Variety in New York City, NY from October to November 2006.
Complied Broadway grosses.
Wrote stories for Daily Variety.

Journalism

Indiewire.com

Columnist

Apr 2004 – Aug 2009 · 5 yrs 4 mos

- Wrote Production Report column that highlights independent films currently in production.

The independent film & video monthly

Staff Writer

Nov 2002 – May 2003 · 6 mos

Staff Writer for The Independent Film & Video Monthly in New York City, NY from November 2002 to May 2003.
Wrote three columns along with news pieces and features.
Edited and researched stories.

Editing

Various publications

FREELANCE

Jan 2001 – Jan 2011 · 10 yrs

Entertainment Weekly, Village Voice, L.A. Weekly, Paper Magazine, Screen, NextMovie.com, Film.com, The A.V. Club, Premiere Magazine, Filmmaker Magazine, Moviefone.com, indieWIRE.com, MovieMaker Magazine, Time Out New York & Chicago, IFCRant, Film Threat, Paste.com, Paper Magazine, Austin Chronicle, FilmInFocus.com.

JournalismEditing