Drew Grant has made a significant career for himself in the media sector as a gifted journalist, writer, and editor. Drew’s personal life, especially her relationship with Ari Melber, has garnered attention in addition to her professional accomplishments. Let’s get to know more about her life in this article.
Who Is Drew Grant?
Drew Grant was born in Park Slope in north-west Brooklyn, New York City on 25th May, 1972. Not much is known about her early years and childhood. Her family relocated to Delaware when she was a small child. She spent her childhood in Delaware with her sister, Hannah Claire Grant, who is currently a tattoo artist. She was raised there and attended Oberlin College, a liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio, after high school. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English language and literature in 2006.
Drew Grant’s Career
Throughout her career, Grant has worked as an editor and staff writer for a number of media organisations. Since joining the media in 2007, she has accumulated a lot of writing, editing, and podcasting expertise. Her career began in 2007 as an editorial assistant for pop culture at 236.com, a sister website of Huffington Post. Then, in August 2008, she started working at Jossip Initiatives and was promoted to editor. Drew remained with Jossip Initiatives until May 2009, after which she joined Nerve in April 2009.
Drew Grant started working as a staff writer for the popular culture website Crushable in April of 2009. In February 2011, Grant began working for Salon Media Group as a pop culture reporter, located in the New York headquarters of the organisation. She left the position after seven months to work for The New York Observer in September 2011. Grant began her career at The New York Observer as a staff writer and worked her way up to the post of arts and entertainment editor.
In addition to her duties there, she founded and oversaw the tvDownload blog, which is no longer active. Up until 2015, she used this site as an opportunity to provide evaluations of various TV shows and series. She began working as a TV reviewer and staff writer for the online magazine Salon.com in 2013, where she covered a variety of topics including politics, culture, and entertainment.
Grant had a distinguished career at The New York Observer, where she became a talented journalist, for almost six years. She did, however, make the decision to leave the publication in 2017. She moved to Los Angeles in November 2017 and started working as the managing editor at RealClear Media Group. This position was held by Drew till April 2018.
Drew Grant’s Profession As A Writer
In addition to her journalism endeavours, Drew demonstrates talent in fiction writing. She has written fictitious works focused on celebrities like Charlie Sheen and James Franco. One of her best-known works is a fiction about Bret Easton that received positive reviews from critics such as Entertainment Weekly’s Keith Staskiewicz.
By writing humorous pieces such as “Alec Baldwin’s Launch His Mayoral Campaign” and a fanfiction series called “Baby-Sitters’ Club” by Bret Easton Ellis, Grant demonstrates her skill as a writer as well. Up until December 2018, she also worked for Collider as a Senior Editor.
At the moment, Drew works as an entertainment consultant under the moniker Videodrew and hosts Movie Trivia Schmoedown. She also continues to contribute to a variety of fashion and entertainment news sites, such as Cosmopolitan, AV Club, Maxim, The Toast, Jezebel, and Bunny Ears. She is a Senior Editor at the dot. L. A.
Drew Grant And Ari Melber
In 2010, Drew Grant went to a social event where she met fellow journalist Ari Melber. Ari asked Grant to marry her after three years of dating. They married at some point in 2014 after she gave her consent. After advancing through the ranks of his job, Melber joined MSNBC as host of “The Beat with Ari Melber” in July 2017. In the end, the pair got divorced in 2017. They did not have any children. Presently, Drew Grant is in a relationship with a guy named Richard Alexander.
