The Nerd Wire is an independent entertainment publication covering film, television, gaming, comics, conventions and the fandoms that grow up around them. We’re based in Southern California, we do our own reporting, and we write for fans who want the real story.
What we do
How we report
We’d rather be right than first, and whenever possible, we want our reporting to come from the source.
- NewsConfirmed is labeled confirmed, and reports are credited to whoever reported them. Rumors don’t run as fact.
- Reviews & criticismFilm, television and games, clearly labeled as opinion.
- Original interviewsFilmmakers, talent, authors and game developers, on the record with The Nerd Wire.
- Press conferencesEvery quote says which press conference it came from.
- Premieres & screeningsFirst looks and reviews, filed as soon as embargoes lift.
- Conventions & festivalsFrom the biggest panel of the weekend to the artist alley table you shouldn’t walk past.
- Photography & social videoOur own photos and footage, credited to The Nerd Wire.
- Community reportingCosplayers, artists, collectors and shop owners, featured with permission and prominent credit.
- Coverage hubsOne home for each major series or event, updated as the story moves.
Recurring series
Our franchises
Built for the moment an episode ends and you need to know what just happened.
Who TF Is
A name drops on screen and everyone asks “wait, who?” We answer from the comics up: who they are, why they matter and what their arrival probably means.
Who TF Is Star Sapphire? →Lore Check
Episode-by-episode comics context for the shows fandom is watching: what’s adapted, what’s new and what to keep an eye on.
Lanterns Episode 5 Lore Check →Canon Event
The comic history behind what’s on screen, and the argument it’s about to start.
Guy Gardner vs. John Stewart →Our standards
What we believe
Accuracy over speed.
We’d rather be right than first. When something is confirmed, we say so. When it’s a report, we tell you who’s reporting it. When it’s a rumor, we label it a rumor — or we don’t run it at all.
Community over outrage.
Fandom is built by cosplayers, artists, collectors, indie developers, comic creators, photographers, and the volunteers who make conventions run. We spotlight those people, with their permission, with prominent credit, every time.
Respect over clickbait.
No manufactured controversy. No fandom wars. No headlines that promise what the story doesn’t deliver. If a post doesn’t inform you, celebrate someone, entertain you, or start a real conversation, we don’t publish it.
Why we exist
A note from the founder
We started with a simple frustration: entertainment news didn’t have to be this way. The rumors dressed up as reporting. The outrage manufactured for clicks. The headlines engineered to make you angry about things that never actually happened. Somewhere along the way, covering the things fans love turned into farming the things fans fear.
The Nerd Wire began as one fan’s conviction that entertainment media could be both professional and joyful — that you could take the work seriously without taking the fun out of it. It’s growing into a publication with a simple long-term goal: to be the outlet fans trust, creators feel respected by, and the industry takes seriously.
We’re just getting started. Thanks for being here for it.
— Kat Lee, Founder & Editor-in-Chief
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Readers & creators
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Publicists & events
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