Rocco Castoro | |
Birth Date: | 23 January 1982 |
Birth Place: | United States |
Occupation: | Writer, editor, documentary and scripted producer, host |
Education: | University of Florida (BS) |
Movement: | New journalism Immersion journalism |
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Rocco Castoro (born January 23, 1982) is an American editor and writer. He graduated from the University of Florida with a degree in journalism. After serving as an associate editor at Satellite magazine, he joined Vice magazine in 2006 as an editorial intern and was appointed editor-in-chief in March 2011, leaving Vice in 2015.[1] In October 2018, Castoro joined Collider as Creative Director of Collider Studios.
In 2020, Castoro became editor-in-chief of SCNR, an online channel partly funded by commentator Tim Pool. SCNR later collapsed following the 2021 United States Capitol attack.[2] Castoro's reporting on John McAfee makes him a predominant part of the 2022 documentary .