Rembert Browne Explained

Rembert Browne
Education:Dartmouth College
Occupation:Journalist
Subject:Pop culture, sports, politics

Rembert Browne (born 1987) is a writer who primarily focuses on pop culture, politics and sports.[1] Previously Browne wrote for Grantland, then for New York Magazine.[2] [3]

Early life

Browne grew up in Atlanta and attended The Paideia School, where his classmate was Jon Ossoff, now the senior U.S. senator from Georgia.[4] He graduated from Dartmouth College in 2009 with a degree in sociology, public policy and geography. While attending Dartmouth, Browne wrote for The Dartmouth, the student newspaper.[5] He later attended Columbia University in pursuit of a Master's degree in Urban Planning but left the program when he was offered a full-time position at Grantland. He currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife Andrea Gompf.

Writing

Browne has drawn notice for his journalism on a wide variety of topics, including music,[6] sports,[7] and politics,[8] interviewing President Obama on the 50th anniversary of the Selma March[9] and serving as a moderator of the Iowa Democratic Brown and Black Presidential Forum during the 2016 U.S. Presidential campaign.[10] Browne covered the Republican and Democratic National Conventions for New York Magazine in 2016.[11]

In 2016, Forbes magazine named Browne to its 30 Under 30 list,[12] citing his work on "everything from reporting on the ground in Ferguson, to interviewing President Obama on Air Force One, to covering pop culture."[13] He was selected with four other journalists to fly with President Barack Obama to Selma, Alabama on March 7, 2015 to report on commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March in March of 1965.[14]

The A.V. Club has called Browne, "a thoughtful critic who speaks with the voice of young America"[15] and Brooklyn Magazine included him on its list of "100 Most Influential People in Brooklyn Culture," praising his "sharp-witted, playful and incisive voice."[16] Offering a eulogy for Grantland after ESPN shuttered the website, The New Republic said Browne illustrated the way Grantland was "fun because it was smart, and because it was run by human beings...Browne’s long, absurdly detailed critical analysis of a photo of Nicki Minaj surrounded by dorky teenagers at a bar mitzvah[17] [was] a singular example of how much fun one could have on the internet...an inspired, creative bit of fun."[18]

USA Today named Browne's Grantland piece on Kevin Durant to its list of "The 13 Greatest Pieces of Sportswriting in 2013"[19] and Flavorwire cited his reporting on the Ferguson protests as "Longform You Have to Read: Race in America."[20]

Other media

Other projects led by Browne include Grantland's Rembert Explains podcast—praised by The A.V. Club as "knowledgeable and enthusiastic...making for a spirited conversation"[21] —as well as a popular Tumblr called Peak Blackness.[22] He spoke at The New Museum's Ideas City conference on Detroit[23] and at the Museum of the Moving Image's screening of ESPN's 30 for 30: .[24]

With Ta-Nehisi Coates, Browne co-wrote Black Panther: World of Wakanda #6 for Marvel Comics, published April 19, 2017.[25]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rembert Browne Joins New York Magazine As Writer-at-Large. New York Press Room. March 16, 2016.
  2. The Drama Continues at Grantland. Miller. James Andrew. Vanity Fair. October 19, 2015. June 28, 2016.
  3. News: CisionScoop Rembert Browne Exits New York Mag. March 15, 2017. Cision. April 23, 2017. en-US.
  4. Web site: My high school friend Jon Ossoff almost became a Congressman last night. April 19, 2017.
  5. Web site: Longform: Longform Podcast #146: Rembert Browne. Longform. March 16, 2016.
  6. News: Drucker. Eric. A Rational Conversation: Rembert Browne On Music In 2015, Even During The Hard Times. July 7, 2016. NPR. December 30, 2015.
  7. News: Doris Burke says Drake pointed at her and made a heart sign during Raptors Game 6. June 3, 2016. USAToday. Tsuji. Alysha. July 7, 2016.
  8. News: How Bernie Sanders lost black voters. Starr. Terrell Jermaine. July 10, 2016. Fusion. July 28, 2016.
  9. News: Sargent. Jordan. Landing An Interview With Barack Obama Isn't Cool Anymore. July 7, 2016. Gawker. August 12, 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160622214224/http://tktk.gawker.com/landing-an-interview-with-barack-obama-isnt-cool-anymor-1723438255. June 22, 2016. mdy-all.
  10. News: Aleem. Zeeshan. Here's What You Need to Know About Monday's Brown & Black Forum. July 7, 2016. Mic.com. January 12, 2016.
  11. News: Sex, Booze, and Boehner's Warehouse: An RNC Nightlife Recap. Brown. Elizabeth Nolan. July 25, 2016. Reason. July 28, 2016.
  12. News: Emerson. Bo. Forbes '30 Under 30' includes Atlanta entrepreneurs. July 7, 2016. Atlanta Journal-Constitution. January 8, 2016.
  13. Web site: Rembert Browne, 28 – In Photos: 2016 30 Under 30: Media. Inverso. Emily. Forbes. June 28, 2016.
  14. Jennifer Wulff. The World According to Rembert: Catching up with writer Rembert Browne, who delivers his singular mashup of politics, culture and celebrity in New York magazine each week, Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, July–August, 2016
  15. News: Cannon. Ben. Miranda July nerds out, while David Cross and Jon Hamm laugh it up. July 8, 2016. The A.V. Club. February 2, 2015.
  16. Web site: The 100 Most Influential People in Brooklyn Culture. March 1, 2016. Brooklyn Magazine. June 28, 2016.
  17. Web site: Going Way Too Deep Down the Rabbit Hole With Nicki Minaj's Recent Bar Mitzvah Appearance. Browne. Rembert. April 27, 2015. en-US. June 28, 2016.
  18. A Eulogy for Grantland. Shephard. Alex. October 30, 2015. New Republic. June 28, 2016.
  19. News: Shanoff. Dan. The 13 greatest pieces of sportswriting in 2013. July 7, 2016. USA Today. December 31, 2013.
  20. News: Donnelly. Elisabeth. Longform You Have to Read: Race in America. July 7, 2016. Flavorwire. August 28, 2014.
  21. News: Cannon. Ben. Jessica Hopper talks The First Collection Of Criticism By A Living Female Rock Critic. July 8, 2016. The A.V. Club. March 9, 2015.
  22. News: Demby. Gene. In Search of Peak Blackness.. July 8, 2016. PostBourgie. December 4, 2012.
  23. News: Abbey-Lambertz. Kate. What Every Artist Needs To Know About Fighting Gentrification. July 11, 2016. The Huffington Post. May 9, 2016.
  24. News: Yates. Clinton. Ezra Edelman. July 11, 2016. Andscape. May 19, 2016.
  25. Web site: Markus. Tucker Chet. World of Wakanda: The Return of Kasper Cole. News Marvel.com. Marvel Comics. April 23, 2017.

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