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Michael P. Ventura

Managing Editor @mpventura Contact

Michael P. Ventura is the Managing Editor at DNAinfo, in charge of running daily newsroom operations. He's also our resident New York guru.

Mike was city editor at Metro between 2004 and 2008. You may remember the paper's world-beating coverage of CBGB's final days, new Yankee Stadium shenanigans and synthetic turf installation in city parks.

As a freelance writer, Mike has written about sea pirates for the Village Voice, Bikram yoga for Time Out New York and real estate for The Real Deal, among other newspapers, magazines and Web sites. He's also been a copy editor for the Daily News and a Web producer for WNYC Radio.

After graduating from Boston College with a degree in philosophy, Mike got his start in Web journalism back in the hand-coding HTML days of the late 1990s at a Massachusetts community newspaper site that no longer exists. The Boston Herald bought it and Mike rose to senior editor. Years later, he graduated from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.

Mike and his wife live in a Brooklyn neighborhood you've never heard of.

Fun Fact: Mike is learning to play the drums. He's currently the drummer in an imaginary metal band called Maspeth.



 

Chelsea & Hell's Kitchen »

March 10, 2012

It's about to get slightly easier to eat at Brooklyn Fare, as the Michelin three-star comes to Manhattan

Harlem »

March 10, 2012

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performed at the Apollo Theater.

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March 10, 2012

The Jets resigned Mark Sanchez to a $68.5 million deal, taking them out of the Peyton Manning hunt.

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March 8, 2012

MTA closures are coming to Eighth Avenue with service out between Columbus Circle and Brooklyn.

Upper West Side & Morningside Heights »

March 8, 2012

A group of restaurant owners is planning a rally in defense of recently closed Papasito.

Jamaica & Hollis »

March 4, 2012

A pair of teens were charged with a string of shootings in Queens, police said.

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March 3, 2012

Troubled starlet Lindsay Lohan was set to make her fourth appearance as host of 'Saturday Night Live.'

Upper West Side & Morningside Heights »

March 3, 2012

President Barack Obama will speak at Barnard's commencement this spring.