Jordan Chariton, Media Reporter, joins TheWrap from Mediabistro’s TVNewser and LostRemote. Before that, he worked inside the “belly of the beast,” spending four years working in cable news, at Fox News, Fox Business and MSNBC. He also spent almost two years as the digital producer at NYC’s legendary non-profit 92nd Street Y. When he’s not reading, writing, or engaging in deep, soulful conversation, Jordan is most likely taking in a movie, museum, restaurant, or binge watching Netflix. Follow him on Twitter @jordanchariton or reach him at jordan.chariton@thewrap.com.
Experience:
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Bill Cosby Made Deal With National Enquirer to Kill Sexual Assault Story, Reveal Court Records
The comedian described the agreement during testimony in the 2005 civil suit by Andrea Constand
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P. D. James White, Legendary Mystery Novel Writer, Dead at 94
Phyllis Dorothy James White, who became acclaimed as the “the Queen of Crime” for mystery novels like the Adam Dalgliesh Mysteries
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Washington Redskins Blasted for Offensive Thanksgiving Tweet
The NFL team widely criticized for its name that offends Native Americans sends out controversial tweet on Thanksgiving
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A Sixth Sense Sequel? 8-Year-Old Gives Thanks for Dead People
“I’m thankful for all the dead people because at least they tried,” Isabella Jerhigan says
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Watch ‘America’s Got Talent’ Runner-Up Quintavious Johnson’s Amazing Rendition of National Anthem (Video)
12-year-old Season 9 finalist sings national anthem at Lions/Bears game on Thanksgiving, critics say he knocked it out of the park
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Soledad O’Brien Sounds Off on Ferguson Coverage: ‘Pissing Me Off’ That Questions Are ‘Awful and Stupid’
“The killing of Michael Brown was not a story of black on black crime,” O’Brien tells TheWrap
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The Top 5 Media Turkeys of the Year Are …
A look at the media figures and organizations that proved most embarrassing, unliked, and down on their luck in 2014
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Kate Bolduan May Be Replaced on CNN’s ‘New Day,’ Insiders Say (Exclusive)
Ratings are up year-over-year in time period Bolduan has been on maternity leave
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BuzzFeed Channeling Inner-Oprah: You Get a Watch, You Get a Watch!
Viral video site’s CEO tells staff if the site passes 200 million unique visitors and 750 million video views in the same month, all employees will get an Apple Watch
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Hollywood Fights Ferguson Decision: Michael B. Jordan, Ryan Coogler, Kat Graham, Ava DuVernay Launch #BlackoutBlackFriday Boycott
“Fruitvale Station” director Coogler is leading a movement to boycott retailers in protest of decision not to indict officer Darren Wilson
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6 Ebola Survivors Meet, Give Thanks on ‘Today’ Show (Video)
“You’re member of a club that you didn’t want to join,” Matt Lauer says to six Ebola survivors on “Today” show exclusively interviewed
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First Look Media Scraps ‘Racket’ Launch, Slashes 9 Staffers Hired by Ex-Chief Matt Taibbi
Pierre Omidyar’s company scraps what would have been Taibbi’s “Racket,” lays off 9; Omidyar doesn’t show up for firings
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MSNBC’s Chris Hayes ‘Shocked and Upset’ by ‘Racist, Disgusting, Lack of Empathy Online’ to Ferguson
Forced off air Monday night due to gunshots happening near his news crew, Hayes speaks to TheWrap about covering the unrest in Missouri
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Fox Reporter Steve Harrigan Attacked by Masked Man in Ferguson: ‘Worse Than the Camera Showed’
“I was afraid, and I gotta tell you I feel terrible,” Harrigan tells TheWrap in an interview from on the ground in Ferguson
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‘The View’s’ Whoopi Goldberg, Rosie O’Donnell Slam Ferguson ‘Idiot’ Prosecutor, Media Coverage (Video)
Goldberg shared her feelings about the County Prosecutor’s decision the previous night on the ABC show Tuesday
