Matt Hendrickson
Matt Hendrickson’s Biography
Matt Hendrickson has more than 25 years of experience in magazine and digital journalism. Currently, he's a Contributing Editor at Garden & Gun, a position he's held for the past 12 years, overseeing the music coverage for the magazine. He began his career at Rolling Stone, serving as a writer and editor for 12 years, penning cover stories on Green Day and Rage Against the Machine, among others, as well as covering the 1999 Columbine High School shootings. From 2005-08 he held a three-year visiting professor position at the University of Missouri School of Journalism. For the past 17 years, Matt has contributed editorially to Rolling Stone, Medium, Parade, Details, Travel & Leisure, among many others, as well as running his own media consulting company, Big Swede Media, where his client list includes Fast Company, Apple, CBS, Ford, Interscope Records and AEG. He's based in Athens, Ohio.