Dylan Howard
| Dylan Howard | |
|---|---|
| Born | 19 January Geelong, Victoria, Australia |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Journalist |
Dylan Howard (born 19 January 1982) is an entertainment journalist and print and digital news executive who has appeared on Entertainment Tonight, The Insider, CNN, Fox News, HLN, CBS News, ABC's Nightline, Good Morning America, MSNBC, Inside Edition, the BBC and Britain's Sky News. He is a regular guest on HLN's prime-time programs Jane Valez Mitchell and Dr. Drew, reporting and commentating on various entertainment and crime stories.
He is currently the Vice President of News at American Media, where he holds the roles of Editorial Director of RadarOnline.com and Editor in Chief of the National ENQUIRER. He is a former Executive Editor of STAR magazine, Editor in Chief of CELEBUZZ and worked as an on-air reporter and producer for the Seven Network in Australia.
An 18 July 2012 profile on Howard on the media website MediaBistro stated, "In the world of celebrity journalism, few stars are rising faster than that of Celebuzz Editor In Chief Dylan Howard" and referred to him as "The king of Hollywood scoops."
Howard was named the 2011 Entertainment Journalist of the Year at the National Entertainment Journalism Awards (NEJA). He is a 5-time NEJA winner, 14-time finalist and has previously won L.A. Press Club awards for online news reporting—Mel Gibson audio tapes—and investigative journalism, for exposing a secret Hollywood poker ring involving A-List actors Tobey Maguire, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Leonardo DiCaprio. He has been nominated 11-times for various L.A. Press Club awards.
Dylan grew up in Geelong, Victoria. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from Deakin University in Australia.
He moved to the United States in January 2009 after an award winning stint as a television journalist for the Seven Network, based in Melbourne, Australia. Since, he has traded his time between New York and Los Angeles.
Dylan's 2007 report on the impending sacking of an Australian football coach was highly commended for a prestigious Quill Award - for excellence in Victorian journalism, in the Best TV News Report category.
Before he entered Hollywood ranks, Dylan also worked for Reuters Television in New York, The Geelong Advertiser and Southern Cross Television in Tasmania; the latter both Australian media outlets.
He began his career at The Geelong Advertiser, the six-day-a-week paper for the city of Geelong. He wrote an opinion page for the Saturday edition, Sport Section, titled "Howard's Way" until his relocation to the United States.
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