Contributors
Jerry Bembry @Jerrybembry
Jerry Bembry is a senior writer at Andscape. His bucket list items include being serenaded by Lizz Wright and watching the Knicks play a MEANINGFUL NBA game in June.
Karin D. Berry @kdberr1
Karin Berry is copy chief for Andscape. She’s way too short for the basketball court, but she’s got mad editing skills and a mean red pen.
Mia Berry @Iammiaberry
Mia Berry is the senior HBCU writer for Andscape and covers everything from sports to student-led protests. She is a Detroit native (What up Doe!), long-suffering Detroit sports fan and Notre Dame alumna who randomly shouts, "Go Irish."
Dwayne Bray @DwayneBrayESPN
Dwayne Bray is a senior writer for Andscape. He writes about topics ranging from general sports to race relations to poverty. He previously ran ESPN television’s award-winning investigative team and is a die-hard Cleveland sports fan.
Kelley L. Carter @KelleyLCarter
Kelley L. Carter is a senior entertainment reporter and the host of Another Act at Andscape. She can act out every episode of the U.S. version of The Office, she can and will sing the Michigan State University fight song on command and she is very much immune to Hollywood hotness.
Nick DePaula @NickDePaula
Nick DePaula is a footwear industry and lifestyle writer at Andscape. The Sacramento, California, native has been based in Portland, Oregon, for the last decade, a main hub of sneaker company headquarters. He’ll often argue that How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days is actually an underrated movie, largely because it’s the only time his Sacramento Kings have made the NBA Finals.
Aaron Dodson @aardodson
Aaron Dodson is a sports and culture writer at Andscape. He primarily writes on sneakers/apparel and hosts the platform’s Sneaker Box video series. During Michael Jordan’s two seasons playing for the Washington Wizards in the early 2000s, the “Flint” Air Jordan 9s sparked his passion for kicks.
Kelley D. Evans @kelleysthrngrl
Kelley Evans is a digital producer at Andscape. She is a food passionista, helicopter mom and an unapologetic Southerner who spends every night with the cast of The Young and the Restless by way of her couch.
Domonique Foxworth @Foxworth24
Domonique Foxworth is a senior writer at Andscape. He is a recovering pro athlete and superficial intellectual.
Brittany Grant @brittaleeg
Brittany Grant is the director of audience development and insights. A mother and a fighter.
Channing Hargrove
Channing Hargrove is a senior writer at Andscape covering fashion. That’s easier than admitting how strongly she identifies with the lyrics “Single Black female addicted to retail.”
Martenzie Johnson @10zJohnson
Martenzie Johnson is a senior writer for Andscape. His favorite cinematic moment is when Django said, "Y'all want to see somethin?"
Raina Kelley @loonus
Raina Kelley is the editor-in-chief of Andscape and is obsessed with Whitney Houston, armchair mountaineering and the MCU, among too many obsessions to count. She also would have made an excellent homicide detective.
Marcus Matthews @goochaveli
Marcus Matthews is the senior manager over social content for Andscape, tasked with developing strategy, overseeing special projects and establishing synergy opportunities in the social lane for the site. He’s a PG County, Maryland, native and a fan of the Washington Commanders, Georgetown Hoyas and Los Angeles Lakers.
Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayamcdonald
Soraya Nadia McDonald is the senior culture critic for Andscape. She writes about pop culture, fashion, the arts and literature. She is the 2020 winner of the George Jean Nathan prize for dramatic criticism, a 2020 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in criticism and the runner-up for the 2019 Vernon Jarrett Medal for outstanding reporting on Black life.
Ashley Melfi @Ashley_Melfi
Ashley Melfi is the manager of special projects and product for Andscape. She has an unhealthy relationship with bagels and is a pre-bandwagon Warriors fan.
Tesfaye Negussie @TesNeg
Tesfaye Negussie is a digital producer who creates video content for Andscape. His favorite stories to tell explore current society and culture through the lens of history and the systems that have played a role in shaping our communities. He also enjoys writing, basketball and abnormally spicy foods.
Lonnae O'Neal @LonnaeONeal
Lonnae O’Neal is a senior writer at Andscape. She’s an author, a former columnist, has a rack of kids and she writes bird by bird.
Jason Reid @JReidESPN
Jason Reid is the senior NFL writer at Andscape. He enjoys watching sports, especially any games involving his son and daughter.
Steve Reiss @stephenreiss
Steve Reiss is the executive editor for culture and enterprise. He can no longer party like it’s 1999.
William C. Rhoden @WCRhoden
William C. Rhoden, the former award-winning sports columnist for The New York Times and author of Forty Million Dollar Slaves, is a writer-at-large for Andscape.
Marc J. Spears @MarcJSpears
Marc J. Spears is the senior NBA writer for Andscape. He used to be able to dunk on you, but he hasn’t been able to in years and his knees still hurt.
Beth Stojkov
Beth Stojkov is the art director of Andscape. She loves nature, solo adventures abroad, music festivals and parties (techno and house), and has an insatiable need to make things.
Justin Tinsley @JustinTinsley
Justin Tinsley is a senior culture writer for Andscape. He firmly believes “Cash Money Records takin’ ova for da ’99 and da 2000” is the single most impactful statement of his generation.
Jesse Washington @jessewashington
Jesse Washington is a journalist and documentary filmmaker. He still gets buckets.
Clinton Yates @clintonyates
Clinton Yates is a tastemaker at Andscape. He likes rap, rock, reggae, R&B and remixes — in that order.