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About A quasi-spontaneous photo taken in my office by my friend Nancy Barber.

Andy Dehnart’s writing on television, culture, and media has appeared on NPR and in Playboy, The Daily Beast, msnbc.com, and other publications. A member of the Television Critics Association, Andy publishes and writes reality blurred, which has, since 2000, offered his impassioned analysis and original reporting on television’s newest genre. It “revels in the post-ironic pleasures of reality television,” as The New York Times said.

Andy, 34, has an M.F.A. in nonfiction writing and literature from Bennington College. Following a wide range of work experiences in new media and journalism, he now teaches writing and journalism at Stetson University in Florida, where he directs the journalism program. He comments regularly about popular culture on the radio and in the press, and is working on a book about reality television.

He is a member of the Lab Rats improv comedy ensemble at SAK Comedy Lab in Orlando, Fla.

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Okay, now that we’ve gotten that referring-to-myself-in-the-third-person part out of the way, here’s the less-pretentious version.

I write about—and am addicted to—reality TV and other forms of pop culture and media. When I’m not watching TV or writing about it, I’m probably teaching (writing and journalism) or doing something online. I’m most content when I’m running, traveling somewhere I’ve never been, riding a roller coaster, or spending an evening engaged in stimulating conversation with great friends.

I value honesty, rationality, commitment, sarcasm, introspection, and people who can make me laugh until I can’t breathe. I’m a fan of Chipotle, long-form journalism, excessive amounts of salt, and conversational FM talk radio like the Philips Phile on Real Radio 104.1. I read Wired, Runners World, The New Yorker, and far too many blogs.

I’m agnostic except when it comes to worshipping good graphic design, recognize that I’m slightly obsessive about cleaning and planning, and like Las Vegas and Disney in an entirely non-ironic way.

In no particular order, here are some things that thrill and amuse me: roller coasters, mud runs with obstacles, newspapers and magazines, yoga, Target, Ikea, Calvin and Hobbes, Hitchcock films, reality TV, craps, Jamba Juice, watching fireworks, running in races, travel, discussion and debate, HBO, thunderstorms, Hampton Inn hotels, cold nights, good friends and decent wine.