Samson Ogundipe

• Samson spent two years on the reality TV beat as a senior author and editor at ScreenRant, where his deep-dive explainers included a widely read breakdown of how the Oppenheim Group splits commission on "Selling Sunset."
• His entertainment reporting has been picked up by Google Discover on multiple occasions, and his coverage has drawn interview invitations from several PR companies representing talent.
• His love for entertainment carries into his work as a YouTube scriptwriter, where his narrated scripts on celebrity, crime, and documentary subjects have drawn more than 6 million views across the channels he writes for.

Experience

Samson's entertainment writing began in Lagos in 2021, first creating web content and articles at Ecrivains Consult before covering celebrity news, film, music and television for GistFest. He moved into reality TV coverage in late 2022, writing news, recaps, opinion pieces and in-depth articles for The Nerd Stash while also working as a senior author and editor at ScreenRant through October 2024. There, he came up with timely story ideas and regularly published a high number of articles. In early 2025, he joined The Blast as a news contributor, writing timely celebrity stories on deadline. Over five years, he has built his work around fact-checking, checking sources and keeping up with the fast pace of entertainment news, with a focus on giving readers the full story behind the news they follow.

Education

Samson earned a bachelor's degree in linguistics from Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Nigeria.