Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Odd News Authors

These are the writers who don't take themselves (or the news) too seriously. Get to know the faces behind the goofy headlines and see what makes them tick… if you dare.

Justin Cappa

Justin Cappa is a New York-based television writer and producer. His credits include The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonHot OnesFull Frontal with Samantha Bee , and a few other shows that you wouldn’t know, but might pretend like you did if you met him and wanted to be polite. Justin worked in music before deciding to pivot into the much more lucrative and stable business of comedy.

Fun Fact

For the past 5 years, Justin has averaged over 20,000 steps a day. If you see him pacing around his home of Brooklyn, please remind him to occasionally sit still.

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Drew Curtis

Drew Curtis is just Some Guy from Lexington KY... Founder & CEO of fark.com.

Fun Fact

Did not attend Bob Jones University, but his Wikipedia entry said he did for so long that he's been featured in Bob Jones promotional literature as a famous alumni (this is true). He is actually a graduate of Luther College (Comp Sci), Cal (MBA), and Columbia (MBA). Screw Bob Jones.

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Bram Teitelman

Bram Teitelman is a lifelong New Jersey resident, which explains a lot. Currently residing in Jersey City, his writing has appeared in Billboard, Men’s Health, and a hastily scrawled letter to a bank teller. He co-founded the website Metal Insider and was once in a band that toured with Mastodon.

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Gabe Herman

Gabe Herman is a teacher, writer, and comedian. Before writing news satire, he learned to write puns and wordplay during his time as an actual local news reporter. He is not good at small talk, except with cashiers at Trader Joe's.

Fun Fact

He doesn't like cheese but loves pizza.

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Kevin Bartini is a nationally touring comedian, writer, and occasional TV and radio personality. His unique improv skills have led to numerous appearances on ABC’s hidden-camera show "What Would You Do?" Kevin was honored to portray the recurring character Billy Jones on Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.

After establishing his bona fides in the top comedy clubs of NYC and studying with the Upright Citizens Brigade, Kevin was discovered by Jon Stewart, who hired him to warm up audiences at The Daily Show and The Colbert Report simultaneously.

Fun Fact

Kevin led a campaign to get a New York City street for George Carlin.

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Chloe Hokenson

Chloe is a writer from Virginia who covers the absurd, the overlooked, and the things her group chat won’t stop talking about. When she’s not reporting, she’s probably building a tiny LEGO town or coloring in her kids' coloring book. She takes her markers very seriously and her headlines even more so.

Fun Fact

She once wrestled with an apple tree... and lost.

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Richard Cole

Richard is the Editor-in-Chief of Odd News, and occasionally pretends to be funny. He has spent half a century being immersed in the murky depths of British comedy, and a few decades in the clammy grasps of American wit and Australian absurdism, which explains a lot.

Fun Fact

He has only fallen down the stairs of the Comedy Cellar in NYC once.

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Jason Salmon

Jason Salmon is a Texas-born, NYC-based standup whose comedy has been described as “…like getting the best advice you’ve ever gotten…from the dumbest guy you know.”

Jason wrote and performed two standup albums and two standup specials, getting over a million views on YouTube as well as regular standup and sketch clips which have been viewed millions of times online.

He wrote and performed as The Cowboy on Comedy Central’s A Cowboy Explains Series and has written and performed in sketches both live and online As an actor, he’s been featured in, Red Dead Redemption 2, Orange is the New Black, Hulu’s Wu-Tang Clan Series, & 30 Rock, as well as tons of commercials.

As a standup, he’s headlined throughout the US & performed for the troops in Central America, Europe, Greenland, and Afghanistan.

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