Personnel

Nerd Caliber Editors

E. Ortiz
President of Nerd Caliber
producer[at]nerdcaliber.com
E. Ortiz has been working as a journalist, videographer and editor for almost 20 years for many different organizations: from MoCCA to FUSE Music Television. Nowadays Mr. Ortiz is the brains behind Nerd Caliber and sometimes you can see him leading his team at conventions.

Rodney Brown
Editor in Chief/Photographer
editor[at]nerdcaliber.com
Rodney Brown has been a journalist and editor since the early 1980s, working for publications in Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Most recently he spent 16 years in various editorial capacities at Mass High Tech, a publication of American City Business Journals, then various tech news sites for United Business Media. He is also known in the cosplay community as the photographer FirstPerson Shooter.

Luis “Crash” Correa
Associate Producer
crash[at]nerdcaliber.com
Luis has worked in the convention community for more than 10 years.
Initially a cosplayer, Luis decided to expand his passion for video, photography and writing.
He can be contacted for photoshoots via https://www.facebook.com/CrashThePhotos/

Nerd Caliber Staff

Kiera Vallone
Photographer
kierav[at]nerdcaliber.com
Kiera Vallone has been an avid cosplayer for approximately eight years. She did her Senior Thesis on cosplaying and conventions in America, and received her Journalism Bachelor’s Degree from SUNY Purchase last May. If you are interested in contacting her for photoshoots and are around or near New York City you can contact her at kierav[at]nerdcaliber.com.

Jibrii Hopkins
Head AAA games writer
spectramarvelous[at]nerdcaliber.com
Since attaining a degree in Communications in New York State, Jibrii Ransom has been involved in the entertainment industry as writer, video reporter and artist. He is our head AAA games writer, and also cosplays as Spectra Cosplay.

Adam “Doppelganger” Etheridge
Photographer
adametheridge[at]nerdcaliber.com
Located in Southern New Jersey, Adam has covered a wide variety of events over the course of the past decade, including car shows, anime expos, and perhaps most notably the Electronic Entertainment Expo. Adam is currently in the process of immersing himself deeper into the “nerd culture” and is looking to network and make contacts with cosplayers, etc. You can contact him at https://www.facebook.com/adam.doppelganger

Victoria Straitt
Videographer
vstraittfilms[at]gmail.com

Ashley Lauren Rogers
On Camera Talent/Comedy Blogger/Steampunk Correspondent
AshleyRogers83[at]gmail.com
Ashley Lauren Rogers is a Playwright, Actors, and Standup Comic in New York City.  Ashley is a content creator for DogtoonMedia.com and has won an ACM Comedy award.  Ashley has written articles for Cosmopolitan.com,  Beyond Victoriana, and Steampunk Magazine Online, has been a vlogger and a blogger for NerdCaliber.com.  Ashley has developed a workshop for writers to learn how write for trans and non-binary narratives.

Lauren Grant
logeenius[at]nerdcaliber.com
Lauren is an all around geek hailing from DC. Since obtaining her BS in Broadcasting in 2013 she specializes in anime and cosplay culture as a writer and reporter for Nerd Caliber. Lauren can often be found checking out the latest shows on Netflix, geeking out in the bookstore or traveling up and down the East Coast for various conventions.

Blake Entrekin of Bentpic5
Photographer
bentpic5[at]nerdcaliber.com
Blake Entrekin has been doing photography as a hobby for almost 8 years now. He went to his first convention about the same time but never put cosplay and photography together until 2009. At the same time, he created a name for himself, Entrekin Photography, and slowly growing every year. If you want to hire him for a cosplay shoot, you can hire him at the link below! https://www.facebook.com/Bentpic5.

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