BFCA Member Profile
Neil Pond
- Primary Outlet:
- Parade.com
- Additional Outlets:
- neilsentertainmentpicks.com
- Website:
- http://www.parade.com
- Twitter:
- @NeilPond
- Facebook:
- facebook.com/neil.pond
- LinkedIn:
- www.linkedin.com/in/neilpond
- Biography:
- The managing editor of Parade magazine, Neil Pond coordinates the publication's entertainment editorial and its coverage of celebrities, and reviews new movies each week on Parade.com and on his blog The Media Tourist (neilsentertainmentpicks.com). A lifelong entertainment journalist, he previously served as editor in chief of American Profile magazine and as editorial director of the nation’s two leading country music publications, Country Weekly and Country Music. A native of Nashville, Tenn., he’s been an on-air commentator for CNN, the BBC, VH-1 and CMT, and is a recipient of the Media Honors Award, the highest journalistic decoration bestowed by the Country Music Association. When he's not wearing his magazine or movie hats, he plays drums in the 80s cover band Max Headroom.
