Authors & Editorial Team
OriginalTickets is written and edited by a team of reporters and editors covering live music, concerts, sports, theater, Broadway, festivals, and the live-event industry. Read about how we work in our editorial standards.
Reporters & Editors
Alex Romero
Sports Editor
Alex Romero leads sports coverage at OriginalTickets, with a focus on the NFL, NBA, MLB, and the playoff and championship windows that drive demand for live sports tickets.
Beats: sports, nfl, nba, mlb
Dana Okafor
Festivals Reporter
Dana Okafor covers the global festival circuit, with a focus on lineups, headliner economics, and the operational realities of staging multi-day events.
Beats: festivals, music, touring
Jordan Pierce
Senior Music Editor
Jordan Pierce is the Senior Music Editor at OriginalTickets, leading coverage of touring, festivals, and the live music economy. Jordan oversees the music desk and contributes long-form features on the artists and venues shaping the modern concert industry.
Beats: music, concerts, tours, festivals
Marcus Hill
Theater Editor
Marcus Hill writes about Broadway, off-Broadway, and the touring theater circuit. His reporting focuses on openings, casting moves, and the economics of staging musicals at scale.
Beats: broadway, theater, musicals
Priya Shah
Industry Reporter
Priya Shah covers the live-event industry beat, including ticketing technology, primary and secondary market dynamics, antitrust developments, and consumer-protection regulation.
Beats: industry, ticketing, policy, antitrust
Sam Bennett
Senior Reporter, Live Music
Sam Bennett is a senior reporter at OriginalTickets covering arena and stadium tours, residency culture, and the venues that define the modern touring landscape.
Beats: music, concerts, venues
Editorial Bylines
Some stories run under a desk byline rather than an individual reporter - this happens for staff-written news roundups, contributions from multiple reporters, or fast-moving developing stories. All bylines below are reviewed by senior editors before publication.
GoodSeats Editorial
Editorial Desk
GoodSeats Editorial is a collective byline used historically across our editorial coverage of live music, sports, and theater. All content under this byline meets the same OriginalTickets editorial standards.
Beats: music, concerts, sports, broadway
OriginalTickets News Desk
News Desk
The News Desk byline covers breaking and developing live-event news, including tour announcements, on-sale information, and industry developments. News Desk reporting is reviewed by senior editors before publication.
Beats: breaking, industry, music, sports
OriginalTickets Editorial Team
Editorial Desk
The OriginalTickets Editorial Team is a collective byline used for staff-written reporting, news roundups, and explanatory features published by the OriginalTickets newsroom. Stories under this byline are reviewed by the senior editorial desk before publication and follow our standards for sourcing, attribution, and corrections.
Beats: music, concerts, sports, broadway