Ryan Broderick

Ryan Broderick
Ryan Broderick in 2022
Born
Massachusetts, U.S.
Alma materHofstra University (BA)
Occupation(s)Podcaster, journalist

Ryan Broderick is an American journalist. He worked for BuzzFeed from 2012 to 2020, where he was a senior journalist at the tech news desk until he was fired for plagiarism.[1] He has also reported for Vice and Gawker.[2][3] Broderick has run the newsletter Garbage Day since 2019.[4]

Career

Broderick wrote for The Hofstra Chronicle, where he was editor-in-chief[5] beginning in February 2010. He also drew cartoons for the paper,[6] and dabbled in stand-up comedy.[7][8] In 2010, he worked for The Awl, where he was an editor.[9]

Following Hofstra, he was hired by BuzzFeed News in 2012[10] where, prior to becoming a reporter, he was a community moderator.[11][12] During his tenure, BuzzFeed named him Deputy Global News Director, BuzzFeed News, UK.[13][14][15] In 2015, he became a podcaster, launching the Internet Explorer podcast, together with Katie Notopoulos.[16][17][18] In 2018, he became a Salzburg Global Seminar guest scholar[19] in a program to tackle fake news.[20] In 2019, BuzzFeed relocated Broderick to New York, back from the London office.[21] From March 2020, Broderick cohosted the Content Mines podcast.[22][23]

In June 2020, Broderick was fired from BuzzFeed for direct plagiarism in authored articles spanning over the course of his entire employment as a journalist there.[10][24] BuzzFeed News issued an apology.[25]

Personal life

Broderick is a 2011 Hofstra University graduate of The Lawrence Herbert School of Communication, where he had also sat on the dean's advisory board until his firing from BuzzFeed in 2020 for plagiarism.[26][27] Broderick was in the band Tallboys.[28][29] As of 2020 Broderick lives in New York City.[30][17] He is originally from Massachusetts.[8]

References

  1. ^ Benjamin Mullin. "BuzzFeed Fires Reporter After Investigation Into Plagiarism". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved June 30, 2020. Mr. Broderick, a senior reporter on the tech news desk at BuzzFeed News (Subscription required.)
  2. ^ "An afternoon with Ailbhe Malone and Ryan Broderick". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). August 3, 2016. Archived from the original on June 30, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2020. Ryan se unió a BuzzFeed en 2012 y fue transferido a la oficina de Nueva York desde BuzzFeed UK el año pasado. Previamente, trabajó en la revista Vice, Hofstra Chronicle y Gawker Media
  3. ^ Broderick, Ryan (January 20, 2011). "In the Near Future All of Cable Television Will Involve Ghost Hunting". Gawker.
  4. ^ Lindsay, Kate (November 20, 2020). "Lurking on the Internet Is Ryan Broderick's Full Time Job". nofilter. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
  5. ^ Broderick, Ryan (April 14, 2010). "TV RECAP: South Park's 200th". The Hofstra Chronicle. Archived from the original on April 17, 2010. Retrieved April 16, 2010.
  6. ^ Gordon, David (February 2, 2010). "Letter from the Editor". The Hofstra Chronicle. Archived from the original on June 30, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2020. 'welcome Ryan Broderick to the position of Editor-in-Chief.' [cartoon by Broderick at bottom]
  7. ^ "Ha Ha Hofstra Helps Student Comedians Open For Jimmy Fallon". News Long Island. September 29, 2010. Archived from the original on October 4, 2010. Retrieved June 30, 2020. Three Hofstra students won the opportunity to open for Jimmy Fallon on Saturday, September 25 celebrating Hofstra's Homecoming and 75th Anniversary. The comedy duo of Ryan Broderick and Marc Butcavage and Emmannuel Mubaraz kicked off the show
  8. ^ a b Katrina Grant (October 14, 2010). "Comedian from Pitman gets taste of big time". NJ.com. Archived from the original on June 30, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2020. Pictured with television personality Jimmy Fallon (left) is Marc Butcavage of Pitman (center) and fellow student and comedy partner Ryan Broderick of Massachusetts.
  9. ^ Choire Sicha (May 13, 2016). "Meet Our Summer Interns". The Awl. Medium. Archived from the original on June 30, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2020. Ryan Broderick, Editor [...] (and is the editor-in-chief of the Hofstra Chronicle).
  10. ^ a b Wulfsohn, Joseph (June 26, 2020). "BuzzFeed News reportedly fires senior reporter over lengthy history of plagiarism". Fox News.
  11. ^ Stoeffel, Kat (June 18, 2012). "Go Buy Your Comment Moderator A Beer". The New York Observer. Meanwhile, all of the ever-expanding BuzzFeed stable has just one community moderator, Ryan Broderick.
  12. ^ Charlie Warzel (June 18, 2012). "Everything in Moderation". Adweek. Retrieved June 30, 2020. community moderator Ryan Broderick is the sole individual tasked with combing through nearly 22,000 user comments per month. Broderick interacts constantly with BuzzFeed's regulars to keep them from causing too much trouble
  13. ^ "Today". BBC Radio. April 25, 2016. Archived from the original on April 28, 2016. Retrieved July 3, 2020. Ryan Broderick, deputy global news director at BuzzFeed and Game of Thrones fan.
  14. ^ "Ryan Broderick". Salzburg Global. Archived from the original on June 30, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  15. ^ Johnston, Anna. "11.5 soundbites on the future of media". London Business School. Retrieved June 30, 2020. Ryan Broderick, Global Deputy News Director at BuzzFeed
  16. ^ Melissa Locker (April 13, 2016). "Culture Internet Explorer: the podcast that plumbs the web's depths for gold". The Guardian. Retrieved June 30, 2020. let Internet Explorer serve as your guide. The podcast from BuzzFeed's Katie Notopoulos and Ryan Broderick serves as an introductory course into the internet's darkest, oddest and grossest corners.
  17. ^ a b iexplorer; Notopoulos, Katie; Broderick, Ryan (March 24, 2015). "666 Reasons To Listen To The Debut Episode Of Internet Explorer Podcast". BuzzFeed News.
  18. ^ Amanda Hess (August 27, 2018). "The Dark Side of the Male Fitness Internet". The New York Times. Retrieved June 30, 2020. BuzzFeed's "Internet Explorer" podcast, in which co-host Ryan Broderick gave [...]
  19. ^ "Ryan Broderick - You Can Tell a Story in a Million Ways". Newsletter Salzburg Global Seminar. Salzburg Global Seminar. Archived from the original on June 30, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2020. Ryan Broderick was a guest scholar at the 2018 Salzburg Academy on Media and Global Change
  20. ^ "BU students take part in program to tackle fake news in Salzburg, Austria". Bournemouth University. Archived from the original on June 30, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2020. They were led by an expert faculty of both academics and practitioners including award-winning journalist Daniela Rea; Google tech lead, Dan Russell; Global News Director for Buzzfeed News, Ryan Broderick
  21. ^ Roush, Chris (February 23, 2019). "Broderick joins BuzzFeed's business and tech team". Talking Biz News.
  22. ^ Emma Dibdin (May 24, 2022). "6 Podcasts About the Dark Side of the Internet". The New York Times. Retrieved May 10, 2023. 'The Content Mines' [...] One of the hosts, Ryan Broderick, used to co-host the beloved Buzzfeed podcast "Internet Explorer,"
  23. ^ RYAN BRODERICK (May 4, 2023). "I tried the new Microsoft Bing AI, and it wants to be the future of everything". Fast Company. Retrieved May 10, 2023. Ryan Broderick [...] hosts the podcast The Content Mines
  24. ^ Chan, J. Clara (June 26, 2020). "BuzzFeed News Fires Senior Reporter for Plagiarism". TheWrap.
  25. ^ Schoofs, Mark (June 26, 2020). "A Note To Our Readers". BuzzFeed News.
  26. ^ "Herbert School Dean's Council". Hofstra. New York. Archived from the original on October 12, 2019.
  27. ^ "Re-Imagining Journalism • Two Herbert School Alumni Head to Salzburg to Participate in Global Conference". Herbert School 360. Hofstra University. July 31, 2018. Archived from the original on January 17, 2019. Retrieved June 30, 2020. Cohen is joined by Ryan Broderick '11, deputy global news director of BuzzFeed
  28. ^ Broderick, Ryan. "Web3 Is A Mid-Life Crisis". www.garbageday.email. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  29. ^ "Shark Jumper, by Tallboys". Tallboys. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  30. ^ "Ryan Broderick profile". BuzzFeed. Archived from the original on March 16, 2020. Ryan Broderick is a senior reporter for BuzzFeed News and is based in New York City.