Carrie Courogen is a writer and social media editor based in New York, NY. She currently works with Condé Nast, where she serves as associate editor and social media manager for Iris. Additionally, she is the co-host, co-writer, and editor of ’77 Music Club, a podcast about classic — and often overlooked — albums, while continuing to write freelance articles for various outlets and more personal think pieces here. She’s also working on her first non-fiction book, so if you’re wondering when she sleeps, the answer is Red Bull.

Her writing — on everything from pop culture to classic rock to “lady heroes” — has been featured in print and online for publications like PAPER (where she wrote one of 2017’s most-read pieces about the overlooked importance of Tina Weymouth and how mainstream music criticism often fails female artists), NPR Music (where she wrote about Buckingham Nicks for their Turning the Tables series), Guitar World, Quartz, Bustle, and the NY Daily News.

From 2016 to early 2017, Carrie was one of four founding members of the online publication Inspirer (which grew to more than 3.5M unique visitors in one year),where she interviewed artists and actors like Pat Benatar, Greta Morgan, Eva Longoria, and Jen Kirkman, wrote essays about pop culture moments like Lemonade, and covered events like Night of 1000 Stevies and Emmylou Harris’s Concert for Refugees.

Prior to Condé Nast, she spent two and a half years starting her career on the agency level as a social media and digital PR coordinator for independent films, television shows, and lifestyle brands while serving as music coordinator for former Fleetwood Mac producer Richard Dashut’s short-lived site, where she reviewed new music and live concerts. In early 2016, Carrie was chosen by SiriusXM host and Director of Media Relations at eOne Music Eric Alper to contribute thoughts on Buckingham Nicks for his long-running “Music Industry’s Most-Beloved Albums” feature.

Having worked extensively as a journalist since she was 16 years old, Carrie is a graduate of New York University, where she double majored in journalism and politics and graduated with honors and a Founders Day Award for academic excellence. While at NYU, she pursued editorial opportunities with major national publications, including Teen Vogue, where she served as an online editorial intern and later became the magazine’s first social media intern, and the New York Daily News, where she wrote both daily online content and longform profiles and features that appeared in weekend print editions of the paper.

Additionally, Carrie filled multiple senior editorial roles at the Washington Square News, NYU’s award-winning, independent student newspaper with a print and online readership of over 75,000. As fashion editor, she oversaw a staff of 30 writers, wrote and edited daily content for print and online, coordinated extensive web and print coverage of New York Fashion Week, and served as the editor-in-chief of a bi-annual fashion issue. As a senior editor, she worked with a small team of senior staff to edit and oversee a staff of more than 100 writers, while contributing celebrity interview features, coverage of events like NYFW, and breaking news reporting of Hurricane Sandy.

While she’s interested in an eclectic variety of music, Carrie’s area of expertise and most popular beat is the classic rock, with pieces on the subject and various bands garnering more than 200,000 views and 95,000 shares across multiple platforms. Her writing on the subject has been praised by fans, influential fan sites, and media and journalism professionals as heartfelt, extensive, and a unique, leading voice of the millennial viewpoint.

Aside from writing, Carrie enjoys running (highlights include a 3:53 NYC Marathon in 2011), reading, and hunting (for vinyl).  In her free time, she can be found listening to the same music as your parents. She would very much love to talk to you about rock and roll, New York in the ‘70s, and the importance of lady heroes for young women. Oh, and she’s also working on her first non-fiction book, so if you’re wondering when she sleeps, the answer is Red Bull.

A full archive of her writing samples can be viewed here. Her resume is available here. Feel free to contact for any further questions or comments.