Popten is a home for ten creative folk obsessed with quantifying pop culture.

Juan Carlos P.E. | Founding Editor

Juan Carlos is a socially conscious writer/director committed to volunteer work. He is the founder of Popten Magazine and the White Roof Project, an initiative to curb climate change in the United States. He directed “Second Skin”, a documentary on virtual worlds which was named #4 Documentary of 2008. He was CEO of Pure West (2005 – 2010), and continues to direct branded content for Vice Magazine.
@jcpe | jcpe [at] popten.net

Victor Pineiro | Managing Editor

Victor Piñeiro is a writer and strategist for digital creative agency Big Spaceship. He wrote and produced the award-winning movie Second Skin, co-wrote the Sundance Film Lab Finalist screenplay Alone and has currently been commissioned to adapt the novel ‘6 Sick Hipsters’ for the screen. He has contributed articles to Psychology Today and Vice Magazine, and written short documentaries for VBS.tv and Motherboard. Victor has had poems published in Frogpond and is a regular contributor and upcoming Featured Poet in Scifaikuest. He lives in Valley Stream, Long Island with his wife.
@victorpineiro | victor.pineiro [at] popten.net

Hawkes Klein | Celebrity & Gossip

Hawkes Klein just did some complicated algorithms to figure out that she spends approximately 33% of her week staring at a computer screen. Therefore, she gleans like a mad woman and is happy to share. As of June 1982 Ms. Klein has made it her sole mission to find a purpose in life. Not in a creepy god way, but in a WHAT AM I DOING WITH MY DAYS kind of way. Hopefully she’ll figure it out soon, rest assured you will be the first to know.
@hawkesklein | hawkes.klein [at] popten.net

Jiun Kwon | Film & Television

Jiun Kwon joined the Popten family in 2009. She also works as a film and television editor, most recently for The Western Front, a feature documentary that screened at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival. Her previous work has aired on A&E, DIY Network and BRAVO TV. As the resident Opinionator for all things film, her primary objective is simply to consider the work. Her personal taste spans all genres and she doesn’t really like being told that she likes “guy movies” (she prefers the term “real movies”). Jiun’s favorite movie is The Godfather.
@jbug924 | jiun.kwon [at] popten.net

Morgan Holzer | Music

Morgan Holzer was born in a little town in Massachusetts with a hole in her head and a hole in her heart. No joke. Ever since she has been attempting to fill them up: she collects random trivial tidbits for her brain and stockpiles music for her heart. A Boston-girl to the core, she does get a little twinge of pride if you call her a New Yorker. Just don’t ask her to root for the Yankees.
@msh | morgan.holzer [at] popten.net

Andrew Monkelban | Video Games

Andrew Monkelban is an avid gamer and writer, who has been featured in Second Skin, and on Wired’s GameLife and The Escapist. He is also really into the Japanese entertainment scene. Even though he has Cerebral Palsy, he does not let it stop him from doing what he loves, although he’s always on the look-out for technology that would help him with difficult tasks. He came to PopTen in the Summer of 2009, where he’s now able to combine his passions.
@monkelban | andrew.monkelban [at] popten.net

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