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At LiveAbout, we believe that your free time matters. Time away from the stress of work and responsibilities at home is limited, and we want to help you make the most of those precious hours.

That’s why our coverage is a lovable jumble of urban legends, sports history, and esoteric trivia that you can lose yourself in for hours. Our articles discuss everything from fashion advice to UFO sightings, all so you can dive deep down an Internet rabbit hole or bring home the win for your Wednesday night trivia team. You’re welcome.

Our Writers

Our writers are experts and professionals in their fields. Get sailing advice from a U.S. Coast Guard officer, learn about ghosts from a real-life paranormal investigator, and perfect your keyboard skills with tips from a classically trained pianist. Meet a few of our writers:

Brent Kelley

Brent Kelley has worked in sports journalism for more than 30 years. He began his career as a copy editor and section editor, and ultimately became the Sunday Sports Editor at the San Antonio Express-News. Under Brent's editorial leadership, the Express-News was recognized as one of the 10 best U.S. sports sections in its circulation category by the Associated Press.

Christopher McKittrick

Christopher McKittrick is a film and entertainment writer whose writing on film has been anthologized in books including 100 Entertainers Who Changed America: An Encyclopedia of Pop Culture Luminaries and Roman Catholicism in Fantastic Film. He has spoken widely about film at national conferences and conventions, including New York Comic-Con and the Midwest American Culture Association Conference.

In addition to covering film and Hollywood, Christopher is a web editor for VFX Voice, a leading publication on visual effects in film and other industries. He was previously the U.S. editor for Creative Screenwriting. Christopher's film expertise has been quoted in outlets including the Wall Street Journal and CNBC.com.

Benjamin Jerew

Benjamin Jerew has over 10 years of experience as a certified master automobile technician. While serving as an expert technician at Lexus and Toyota, he worked in all aspects of maintenance, diagnosis, and repair. Ben specializes in complex electrical and electronic systems diagnosis. He has also taught college courses in auto repair.

Beverly Jenkins

Beverly L. Jenkins is a humor and pop culture writer with a background in television news production. She is the author of three web humor books (Photobombed!, You Had One Job!, and Crap I Bought on Ebay) and the creator of six meme-based daily humor calendars. She has also written extensively for CollegeHumor, Photoshop Disasters, and other humor sites.

Editorial Guidelines

The editorial staff manages all of the content you find on LiveAbout. LiveAbout contributors do not give preferential treatment to any outside resource (company, publication, video, affiliate, website) based on their relationship with the person or company who authors or owns that resource—even if that person is himself or herself. In cases when an outside resource is objectively relevant to an article and useful to a reader, appropriate disclosures are made in accordance with FTC guidelines.

Links are added to content with the sole purpose of navigating you to relevant content throughout our sites that may help further your knowledge about your topic of interest. We may link to outside web pages if they relate to a source used to create our content or we think they provide additional information that may be of assistance. 

Our product review articles are created, written, published, and managed by an independent product review team. We receive an affiliate commission on some, but not all, of the products that we recommend if you decide to click through to the retailer site and make a purchase. Point-of-purchase links are clearly labeled as such. If you have questions, comments, or opinions you’d like to share with our product review team, please email commercefeedback@dotdash.com.

LiveAbout staff members who work on content creation do not work on the advertising team. All staffers are responsible for disclosing any potential conflicts of interest.

Ethics

LiveAbout is an entertainment site. Our content is guided by and upholds the Society for Professional Journalists’ foundations of ethical journalism: being accurate and fair, minimizing harm, acting independently, and being accountable and transparent. We also uphold the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) guidelines on disclosures, where applicable.

Our content covers a broad range of topics and perspectives, including beliefs that may not be scientifically proven. This content is provided for entertainment purposes only.

Quality Standards

Every article you see has several people behind it working to make sure that it is understandable, helpful, and reflective of our editorial guidelines.

Content is only published to the site after it has been reviewed and edited by our editorial team. All visuals, tools, and videos are subject to the same approval process. In addition, our editorial staff works to improve our existing corpus and ensure our content library is up to date. If necessary, articles are re-edited. If an article has been modified, the date of the most recent update is provided at the top of the page.

At LiveAbout, we aspire to provide the highest quality content produced by humans, for humans. It is against our guidelines to publish automatically generated content using AI (artificial intelligence) writing tools such as ChatGPT.

Corrections

If you notice something in one of our articles that needs to be corrected, please send us an email at contact@liveabout.com and let us know.

Meet Our Team

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Senior Vice President & Group General Manager, Tech & Sustainability

Tim Fisher is the SVP and General Manager of the Dotdash Meredith Tech & Sustainability Group and has been with Dotdash Meredith since 2006, working in various roles in the company. Before joining Dotdash Meredith, he was a systems engineer for Target Corporation; prior to that he sold, installed, and serviced networking equipment for a small telecommunications company. Fisher has been quoted or referenced in hundreds of major online and print publications, including The New York Times, Forbes, Scientific American, Vice, ZDNet, Computerworld, Fox News, Engadget, Digital Trends, Yahoo Finance, Gizmodo, and PCMag.

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About Dotdash Meredith

LiveAbout is part of the Dotdash Meredith publishing family.

Dotdash Meredith is the largest digital and print publisher in America. From mobile to magazines, nearly 200 million people trust us to help them make decisions, take action, and find inspiration. Dotdash Meredith's over 50 iconic brands include PEOPLE, Better Homes & Gardens, Verywell, FOOD & WINE, The Spruce, Allrecipes, Byrdie, REAL SIMPLE, Investopedia, Southern Living and more.

Source: Comscore, March 2021 US

Senior Management Team

Learn more about the team behind Dotdash Meredith.

Contact Us

For press or other inquiries, reach us here: contact@liveabout.com. Please note that we are not accepting new writers or guest posts at this time.

If you would rather call us or send us a letter, you can reach us at 225 Liberty Street 4th Floor,
New York, NY 10281 | 212-204-4000. 

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