Mandy Stadtmiller

Mandy Stadtmiller
Mandy Stadtmiller
Born	(1975-10-24) October 24, 1975
Occupation	Journalist and Comedian
Website
http://mandystadtmiller.com/

Mandy Stadtmiller (born October 24, 1975) is the deputy editor of xoJane and a host of the comedy podcast "News Whore." She is also known for her dating column in the New York Post, called “About Last Night.” Her other Post-published exploits include a visit to Nevada’s first male prostitute and a controversial "Cheat Sheet".

Her TV appearances include The Insider, Howard Stern TV, Fuse network’s “10 Great Reasons,” Fox’s Good Day New York, and VH1’s “Rockumentaries.”

She has also written for The Washington Post, Playgirl, The Village Voice, The Los Angeles Times, The Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, The Des Moines Register, and Match.com.

She is a frequent contributor to HuffPost Live.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Early Life, Family, Education

Stadtmiller was born in San Diego in 1975 to Patricia and Jerry Stadtmiller, an ex-Marine and Vietnam veteran. She attended The University of San Diego High School in California. In 1997, she received her bachelor's degree in journalism from Northwestern University.

Career

In August 2006, Stadtmiller was groped and bitten by actor/comedian Andy Dick during an interview following his appearance on the Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner. She wrote about the incident for Page Six of The New York Post.^[8] Dick claimed that Stadtmiller “slanted” the incident.^[9]

In 2010, she went undercover as a client to hire the nation’s first legal male prostitute, who worked at the Shady Lady Ranch.^[10] The article received notable attention from such media outlets as The Colbert Report and The Joy Behar Show.

According to her Twitter account, in February 2012 Stadtmiller quit The New York Post ^[11] She is a frequent contributor to the gossip pages of Page Six.

Stadtmiller is currently the Deputy Editor of Jane Pratt's site xoJane.^[12] She has been there since September 2012.

Since working at xoJane, Stadtmiller has been profiled twice on The New York Observer,^[13][14] as well as on Flavorwire^[15] and The Rumpus.^[16]

Comedy career

In 2006, Stadtmiller won first place in New York's Funniest Reporter Show^[17] contest^[18] in the New York City Underground Comedy Festival.^[19] In October 2007, she became a semi-finalist in the search for New York's Funniest Stand-Up^[20] a contest run by the New York Comedy Festival. She performs stand-up comedy throughout New York City at various clubs and venues.^[21]

Social media

Largely known for her social media presence, Stadtmiller was the first verified Twitter user from the New York Post^[22] and frequently writes about using social media for networking, including how to boost one's Klout score. (Stadtmiller's Klout score is 82.)^[23]

Podcast

Stadtmiller currently hosts a podcast, with Graham Smith, on the RiotCast Network called News Whore. News Whore debuted at #22 in comedy podcasts on iTunes and has consistently remained in the top 100 since its launch in July.^[24]

List of News Whore Episodes

Television appearances

• Good Day New York (2006)
• Red Eye (2007)
• Fuse TV’s “10 Great Reasons” (2007)
• VH1’s “Rock Band Cometh”^[25] (2007)^[24]
• The Insider(2010)
• The Joy Behar Show(2010)
• Pepsi: The Flow (2011)
• 20/20(2012)^[26]
• Dr. Drew On Call (2012)
• Media Mayhem with Allison Hope Weiner(2013)
• Jane Velez-Mitchell (2013)

Radio show appearances

• Howard Stern’s In Demand Channel (2006)
• The Lazlow Show (2006)
• Raw Dog Comedy (2007)
• Opie and Anthony (2007, 2013)
• Maxim Radio (2007)
• WOR (2007)
• The Artie Lange Show (2013)

Notes

External links

• Official website
• Mandy Stadtmiller at the Internet Movie Database
• News Whore podcast