Journalist & Author

For more than a decade, Aaron Sagers has been a working mainstream journalist and author. He is perhaps best known as a Paranormal Journalist, exploring the cross-cultural connections of folklore, and belief in the unexplained, as well as documenting trends within paranormal entertainment. Throughout his career, he has also been a hard news reporter, travel and food writer, as well as a journalist focused on “nerd culture.” His byline has appeared in, among other outlets CNN, The Huffington Post, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The Baltimore Sun, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Miami Herald, The Orlando Sentinel, MSNBC, The Hollywood Reporter, IGN, Playboy, MTV, and Syfy.com (where the Editor At Large role was created for him). For six years he was a syndicated pop-culture columnist for McClatchy-Tribune and originated the Pop 20 and Pop Pundit brands. In 2009, Sagers launched the entertainment website Paranormal Pop Culture which in part inspired the Travel Channel series Paranormal Paparazzi, which he hosted and co-executive produced. Paranormal Pop Culture was also an originating content partner for the CNN Geek Out! nerd culture section. 

He is also an author who published the book The Paranormal Pop Culture Collection: Rambling And Shambling Through The Entertainment Of The Unexplained in 2012. Additionally, he has contributed to ABC-CLIO reference guides and H.W. Wilson College Reference Guide, and to the Doctor Who Psychology and The Joker Psychology books.

Sagers has also taught writing and journalism for the State University of New York and New York University.

To check out some examples of Aaron’s journalistic and branded content copywriting, head to his portfolio site.