Vance Brinkley

Vance Brinkley is a digital journalist based out of Washington, DC that specializes in the realms of music, sports, gaming, and culture. He has earned several bylines in publications including The Undefeated, OkayPlayer, Bandcamp, REVOLT, and SB Nation to name a few.

Before his emergence as a freelance writer, he covered the local news as a blogger for WPB Radio, was a co-host for their primetime show FM Radio 101 and an intern for The Mellow Mix, and a music analyst for The Live Wired Morning Show. Vance also covered music as a reporter at WEAA for the show Strictly Hip Hop. During his tenure, he helped increase the popularity of the show by managing the show's social media, covering local concerts, writing articles on the website, and doing interviews with artists including Lupe Fiasco, Big KRIT, and Schoolboy Q.

Following his college years, Vance became a national correspondent for AllHipHop and began developing his reporting chops covering events like Made In America and AfroPunk for the rap blog. He left AHH in 2015 in order for him to help develop his voice in pieces and expand the variety of topics he would later cover with new opportunities. This would include interviewing the first Black Female Olympic Swimmer for The Undefeated and interviewing Anderson .Paak for OkayPlayer.

Vance received the "Outstanding Alumni" award from his alma mater Morgan State University in 2014 for his work in entertainment media and academia. He is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists, A member of the Baltimore Association of Black Journalists, a member of the Online News Association, and earned a Master's at Bowie State University for Organizational Communications in 2021.