Rocco Castoro (born January 23, 1982) is an American editor and writer. He graduated from the
University of Florida
The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public university, public land-grant university, land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida, United States. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida and a preem ...
with a degree in journalism.
After serving as an associate editor at ''Satellite'' magazine, he joined ''
Vice
A vice is a practice, behaviour, Habit (psychology), habit or item generally considered morally wrong in the associated society. In more minor usage, vice can refer to a fault, a negative character trait, a defect, an infirmity, or a bad or unhe ...
'' magazine in 2006 as an editorial intern and was appointed editor-in-chief in March 2011, leaving ''Vice'' in 2015.
In October 2018, Castoro joined Collider as Creative Director of Collider Studios.
In 2020, Castoro became editor-in-chief of SCNR, an online channel partly funded by commentator
Tim Pool. SCNR later collapsed following the
2021 United States Capitol attack
On January 6, 2021, the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., was attacked by a mob of supporters of Donald Trump, President Donald Trump in an attempted self-coup,Multiple sources:
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Castoro's reporting on
John McAfee
John David McAfee ( ; 18 September 1945 – 23 June 2021) was a British and American computer programmer, businessman, and two-time presidential candidate who unsuccessfully sought the Libertarian Party (United States), Libertarian Party nominat ...
makes him a predominant part of the 2022 documentary ''
Running With the Devil: The Wild World of John McAfee''.
References
External links
articles by Castoroat vice.com
SCNR official site
American editors
Living people
1982 births
University of Florida alumni
Vice Media
American male journalists
21st-century American journalists
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