Jason is an award-winning entertainment correspondent at Business Insider and has covered various aspects of the film industry for close to two decades. On the site his reporting can range from what's going on behind-the-scenes at some of the biggest companies in Hollywood to colorful interviews with some of the most well-known names in entertainment.
In 2020, Jason received the New York Press Club award and Los Angeles Press Club award for his story on the rise and fall of MoviePass. It has since been made into the documentary "MoviePass, MovieCrash."
Previous to BI, Jason was the managing editor at Filmmaker Magazine, one of the leading publications in the independent film industry. He's also written for numerous publications over the years, including Vanity Fair, Esquire, Rolling Stone, Vulture, Variety, and indieWire.
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