Hi there. I’m Brian Braiker. 

I’m an editor at the Guardian, where I was brought on in December 2011 to help plan upcoming features and packages, coordinate original reporting and expand cultural coverage for the US edition.

I came here following a brief but fun run at Adweek, starting with the relaunch of the magazine and website in April 2011. Before that I was a general assignment writer and homepage editor at ABC News.

For about seven years, starting in 2001, I was a general editor at Newsweek magazine. I left Newsweek in 2008 to write for Rolling Stone. Then I was laid off along with 15 percent of the editorial staff that Christmas. Awesome. 

Anyway. I’ve written for USA Today, Nightline, People magazine, Time Out New York, Slate.com, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, Boston Magazine, Variety and Salon.com, among others. Isn’t that fancy?

I have a master’s in international affairs with a focus in international human rights law. In addition to freelancing for a range of outlets, I’m currently cultivating an interest in pogonotrophy. I play a bit of old timey guitar and banjo. I can’t yodel but I sure wish I could. 

Born and raised in Los Angeles, I’ve also lived in Boston, Washington DC, Grenoble (France) and La Jolla (not France). Now I live in Brooklyn where I am the 15th reason to love New York, according to New York Magazine. I have beautiful hair.

This could probably be more SEO-friendly, couldn’t it?