RYAN SCHWARTZ
📞 Available upon request
📧 ryanschwartzwrites@gmail.com
📍New York, N.Y.
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Entertainment journalist with 10+ years at TVLine.com, delivering exclusive interviews, breaking news, and high-traffic coverage of scripted television. Proven ability to generate and strengthen audience engagement, lead special projects, produce premium, SEO-optimized content, and shape coverage strategies that strike a chord with millions of readers.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
TVLine
2015 — Present
Senior Editor | Jan 2022 – Present
- Lead daily coverage of television news, renewals/cancellations, casting and release date announcements.
- Oversee the What to Watch team, which produces daily, weekly and monthly columns.
- Edit staff and freelance contributions for accuracy, tone, and SEO optimization.
- Conduct high-profile interviews with actors, producers and showrunners.
Staff Editor | Jan 2020 – Jan 2022
- Reported breaking news stories and developed features/recaps that consistently ranked among top-performing content.
- Covered major live events (Oscars, Emmys, Golden Globes) under tight deadlines.
- Cultivated relationships with studio/network PR teams to secure exclusives.
- Created a new monthly edition of the What to Watch column while overseeing the daily and weekly editions.
- Mentored interns and weekend editors.
Weekend Editor | Feb 2017 – Jan 2020
- Independently oversaw weekend site coverage, managing breaking news and daily editorial decisions.
- Published high-impact news and feature stories under tight deadlines.
- Served as resident Saturday Night Live recapper, producing timely, widely read recaps each week.
- Took over the weekend edition of the What to Watch column and created a new weekly column.
Freelancer | May 2015 – Feb 2017
- Delivered news stories, previews, and recaps across a wide range of scripted TV programming.
- Covered late-night TV throughout the 2016 presidential election, producing timely, relevant analysis.
- Took over the daily edition of the What to Watch column.
Editorial Intern | Jan 2015 – May 2015
- Researched, fact-checked, and drafted news items.
- Assisted editors with copyediting and content scheduling.
SELECT ACHIEVEMENTS
- Byline archive of 5,000+ articles, including interviews with Emmy-winning talent.
- Extensive coverage of The Big Bang Theory (and spinoffs Young Sheldon and Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage), Only Murders in the Building, The Pitt, Ted Lasso, Will Trent, and other scripted series across network, cable, and streaming platforms, generating millions of views.
- Exclusive reporting cited by Variety, Deadline, and The Hollywood Reporter.
- Moderated the Bill Lawrence & Friends closing night panel at ATX TV Festival, Austin, Texas, May 2025.
EDUCATION
Hunter College, City University of New York
Bachelor’s Degree, Media Studies & Journalism
2015
SKILLS
• Breaking News Reporting & Features
• Celebrity Interviews
• Editorial Planning & Content Strategy
• SEO & Headline Optimization
• Social Media & Audience Engagement
• Multimedia Reporting (On-Camera, Podcast, Video)
• CMS (WordPress)
• Web Analytics (Chartbeat, Google Analytics, Omni)
📑 PDF copy of resume available upon request.