About Us

Raleigh & Company welcomes those who always wanted to write — the burned-out bloggers and social media stars looking for a place to shine, the video producers with a Triangle tale, the Instagram storytellers, the funny, smart, opinionated people who make this a great place to live and are clear about why.

We write about local businesses, personalities, trends and politics.

Got your finger on the pulse of something we’ve missed? Make us a pitch and you may just see your work in print.

Raleigh & Company is always hiring new contributors.

Contact us at [email protected].

Our Contributors

Joe Ovies

Joe Ovies

Joe Ovies is the co-host of the Adam and Joe show on 99.9 The Fan ESPN Radio every Monday through Friday from 3-7 pm.

Shawn Krest

Shawn Krest

Shawn Krest is currently editor of Raleigh & Company. His book, “Baseball’s Meat Market” will be coming out in October, 2016. He’s been described as “talented … for a local writer”.

R.L. Bynum

R.L. Bynum

R.L. Bynum spent 27 years in the newspaper business as a copy editor, and also was a sports writer for many years. He has completed 42 marathons, is a hopeless politics junkie and longs for the day when he can see the Cubs win the World Series without watching a movie.

Austin Johnson

Austin Johnson

Austin Johnson is a full-time IT consultant, part-time sports writer and hobbyist TV critic. He currently writes about NC State athletics for Backing the Pack.

Jen Baker

Jen Baker

Jen is a Sustainability Analyst for the City of Raleigh by day, but writes about Raleigh life by night.

Marilyn Payne

Marilyn Payne

Marilyn is a multimedia sports reporter for WRALSportsFan.com. She’s an Asheville native and Raleigh resident who feels the NC triangle region is truly home. She returned to the Old North State after living in Virginia for a year & says it’s so good to be back.

James Curle

James Curle

James is the founder and host of the Riddick & Reynolds Podcast.

Matthew Poindexter

Matthew Poindexter

Matthew Poindexter is the editor of Inch, a magazine of short poetry and microfiction. His work has appeared in ESPN, Meridian, The Awl, and other publications. He lives in Durham.

Joel Orr

Joel Orr

Joel Orr taught English for six years, has been a contributing columnist to WCHL, and is the sole contributor to abirdonawire.com.

Tony Castleberry

Tony Castleberry

Tony interviews stand-up comedians and grows an exorbitant amount of hot peppers in his garden every summer.

Kendra Stowe

Kendra Stowe

Kendra works part-time as a freelance writer for a digital marketing company in Raleigh. Previously, she has covered NC State basketball and football. Every season, she is convinced that this is NC State’s year only to be disappointed.

JP Mundy

JP Mundy

JP writes sports for the Greensboro N&R, Winston-Salem Journal, ACC WBB Digest, and hasn’t been told that the 80s ended.

Kevin Brewer

Kevin Brewer

Kevin is a regular contributor to Raleigh & Company.

John Tobben

John Tobben

John Tobben recently moved from Winston-Salem to Indianapolis, Indiana for his radiology residency training. In his spare time he’s spreading the gospel of North Carolina barbecue, and bringing North Carolina basketball to Indiana pickup courts.

Isaac Weeks

Isaac Weeks

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Isaac Weeks may live in Nashville, TN, but he remains an Executive Committee member of the North Carolina Film Critics Association, as well as a regular contributor to the News & Observer. His work regularly appears in the Charleston City Paper and Nashville Scene.

Hayes Permar

Hayes Permar

Hayes Permar is a native Raleigh son of a bitch. You’ve seen his work at Sports Channel 8, The David Glenn Show, his ‘If I Die in Raleigh’ RaleighCo column and on video across the web.

Richard Averitte

Richard Averitte

Richard Averitte is the owner of Good Vibrations Consulting, a marketing firm that assists a wide variety of business and startups achieve their marketing goals.

Demetri Ravanos

Demetri Ravanos

Demetri Ravanos is a broadcaster, writer, and podcaster. A member of the NC Film Critics Association and movie critic for the Alan Kabel Mess. He’s the producer and a co-host of The Morning Show on 620 The Buzz.

Shaker Samman

Shaker Samman

Shaker is a contributing author at Raleigh & Company, and a Dukie. He has also written for The Tampa Bay Times, Politifact.com, The Classical, and Duke Political Review.

Frances Castillo

Frances Castillo

Fran regularly traverses the Triangle seeking out the best in food and drinks. She’s a lawyer, food blogger and is prone to burst into song spontaneously. Oh the places she will go.

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