- Born
- Height5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- Bernadette R. Giacomazzo is an editor, writer, photographer, publicist, and digital marketing specialist with more than two decades of experience in the entertainment arm of the industry. Her work has been featured in more than 100 digital and print publications, including Teen Vogue, People, The Daily Mail, Us Weekly, The Los Angeles Times, and The New York Post. Moreover, her work has been cited and quoted in places like AdWeek, BET, Business Insider, Bustle, Buzzfeed, Entrepreneur, EssentiallySports, Fandom, TheGrio, Investopedia, NewsOne, OkayPlayer, The Ringer, Rolling Stone, TMZ, and UPROXX, making her a prominent pop culture commentator in the 21st century.
She served as the news editor of Go! NYC Magazine for nearly a decade, the executive editor of LatinTRENDS Magazine for five years, the eye candy editor of XXL Magazine for two years, and the editor-at-large at iOne/Zona de Sabor for two years.
As a digital marketing specialist, Bernadette is Google Adwords certified, has advanced knowledge of SEO, PPC, link-building, and other digital marketing techniques, and has worked for a variety of clients in the legal, medical, and real estate industries.
As the owner of G Force Marketing & Publicity (formerly Akasha Multimedia) she has worked with the likes of Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson and his G-Unit record label, rapper Kool G. Rap, the SopranosCon fan convention, and various photographers, artists, and models.
Bernadette has also worked behind the scenes in the film & television industry; she has served as a music supervisor, the head of unit publicity, and an executive producer.
Based in New York City, Bernadette is the co-author of Swimming with Sharks: A Real World, How-To Guide to Success (and Failure) in the Business of Music (for the 21st Century), and the author of the dystopian fiction series, The Uprising, whose first book, The Gathering, is out now. The second book in The Uprising series, Kings & Queens, will be available soon. Bernadette is also writing two books - In Living Color: A Cultural History and The Golden Girls: A Cultural History - which will be available on Rowman & Littlefield in 2022.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Lisa Ann Klein
- Worked with several major companies in the music and entertainment industry, including The Metropolitan Opera, B.B. King Blues & Supper Club, Astralwerks Records, & Atlantic Records, before turning her attentions to the movie industry.
- Guest lecturer at Hofstra University; former professor at Nassau Community College; has spoken on panels at several music industry conferences, including the Dewey Beach Music Conference, the MEISA/MEIEA Conference, and the Functioning Band Series.
- Author of "The Uprising Series" of books. First book, "The Gathering," is out now, while "Kings and Queens" -- the second book -- is scheduled to be released in May 2019.
- [on how she came into the music industry] I was studying to be a doctor at Duquesne -- I'd actually received a scholarship to attend Duquesne, straight out of high school -- but on the third day of classes, a guy came up to me after one of them and asked if I'd ever wanted to be on the radio. It turns out he was the radio station director, and he'd given me the 6-10AM shift on Sunday mornings.
- [on former Island Ear editor Michael Patrick Nelson] Nelson encouraged us writers to speak from the heart, to be honest in every word we commit to paper. The Ear's integrity was unimpeachable, and it's thanks in no small part to Nelson.
- [from Swimming with Sharks: A Real World, How To Guide to Success (and Failure) in the Business of Music] Both Melissa and I are still in the business, going strong, making money, and continuing to be counted amongst the rank-and-file of the music business in particular, and the entertainment industry in general. There's a reason for that: the coaches always last longer than the players...and the best coaches always end up coaching the best players. If our detractors are long gone, but we're still here, it's because we're doing something right.
- [from The Gathering: Book 1 in The Uprising Series] And it is my hope that if you, Gentle Reader, are one of the many who are trying to "make it" in my city - the city that never sleeps - the Big Apple - New York City - I pray that you have the courage, the strength, and the wherewithal to never give up on what it is that makes you who you are, at your very soul and your very core. I pray that you, one day, will tell your own New York story, because it - like more than eight-and-a-half million others - is part of the landscape that makes it great. Those stories - those whispers that refused to die - are what have always resurrected New York, no matter what trauma or tragedy it faced. And no matter how many times invading, colonizing forces try to silence, quash, or otherwise kill those voices, they will always - always - be heard. Long live the Uprising. Long live New York City.
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content