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Brian Crecente

  • Contributor and Founder, Pad and Pixel, LLC, Freelance
New York
As seen in: LinkedIn, Yahoo Entertainment, BBC, Business Insider, CorranCast, The Washington Post, Yahoo Canada, New York Post, The Hollywood Reporter, The Verge and
Covers:  technology, video games, entertainment, media
Pad & Pixel consulting, Kotaku founder, Polygon co-founder, former ed Rolling Stone, Variety bsky.app/profile/crecente.bsky.social
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Awards

Society of Professional Journalists Award

2018 - Kunkle

Special recognition for 12-part series on video gaming in Cuba entitled “Cuba: Where underground arcades, secret networks and piracy are a way of life."

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Society of Professional Journalists Award

2018 - Kunkle

Excellence in esports writing first place

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Gamepro's 20 most influential people

2009

2009 Named one of the 20 most influential people in the video game industry over the past 20 years by GamePro.

Most Influential Newspaper/Online Editors

2009

Number 21 on the world's most influential newspaper and online editors, as ranked by Mediate.

Edge's Top 50 Journalists

2006

Society of Professional Journalists Award

2003 - News Reporting

First place for "Dead Wrong"

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Associated Press Sports Editors' Red Smith Award

2003 - Best Writing

Associated Press Sports Editors Best Writing - Feature Story for Deadly Departed

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Scripps Howard Award

2001 - Best of Scripps Award
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