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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.



 

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August 30, 2010

The US Open is back, with some of the biggest names in tennis taking the court Monday.

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August 30, 2010

Long Island Rail Road service was expected to be fully restored by the Monday morning rush.

Midtown & Theater District »

August 29, 2010

Ilan Nassimi, who hosted an after-party in the apartment where Nicole John fell, was arraigned for giving her alcohol.

Murray Hill, Gramercy & Midtown East »

August 27, 2010

Ahmed Sharif, the cabbie stabbed in an apparent bias crime, said he still sees the knife when he closes his eyes.

Murray Hill, Gramercy & Midtown East »

August 26, 2010

Michael Enright, the 21-year-old charged with hate crimes for allegedly stabbing a Muslim cabbie, was a budding filmmaker.

Downtown »

August 23, 2010

The Manhattan-bound lanes on the Brooklyn Bridge will be closed overnight for four years as the bridge gets repairs.

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August 20, 2010

Roger Clemens' former teammates are mostly mum on his perjury charges.

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August 18, 2010

Transit union workers are handing out fake postcards showing the MTA chairman living it up in France.