Greg Caggiano is a 21-year-old freelance writer, historian, and sports instructor. This blog, “From New York to San Francisco“, covers movies, television, history, music, books, sports, and more! He has had articles linked on the New York Times, Yahoo’s Puck Daddy, and CBS Sports and has been featured in print media such as the Lancaster New Era. In May of 2011, for his coverage of the Gods and Generals Extended Director’s Cut release and world premiere, he was officially recognized by Warner Brothers and given press credentials to the event in Manassas, Virginia. As of June 2012, he has been blogging for the Civil War film Copperhead, on their official website.
In his spare time, Greg serves as a historical interpreter and 1st Vice President of the Board of Trustees for the Proprietary House Association in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, the last remaining Royal Governor’s Mansion in any of the thirteen colonies, built in 1762, and the former home of Benjamin Franklin’s son William. Aside from that, he is studying history and education at New Jersey City University, wanting to become a history teacher at the high school level, works as a substitute teacher and program instructor for a local middle school, and has coached hockey at several schools and institutions since 2007. For public speaking, he has lectured or taught classes on the American Civil War, Revolutionary War, World War II, and paranormal activity at historic sites.
He hopes you will enjoy the writing, and also check out his résumé and list of interviews. Please feel free to contact him with questions or comments at nyr1199@comcast.net, and follow him on Twitter and Facebook, and check out his IMDB.
Greg with director Ron Maxwell at the World Premiere of the ‘Gods and Generals’ Extended Director’s Cut in Manassas, Virginia, on July 21, 2011.
Journalism Résumé
Press/Credentials
- Editorial Partnership with Warner Brothers: May 9, 2011
- Gods and Generals Extended Director’s Cut World Premiere: July 21, 2011
Published Acknowledgements
- The Great Expansion: The Ultimate Risk that Changed the NHL Forever, by Alan Bass (2011)
Quoted for Newspaper Articles
- Lancaster New Era: “The Wig: Actor Jones Gets Ugly Playing Thaddeus Stevens”, by Jack Brubaker (October 16, 2012)
Publications
- “The Stall” (Brookdale College Newspaper): Contributor, March 2010- May 2011
- “The Proprietary Times” (Proprietary House Newsletter): Executive Editor, January- April 2012
Syndicated Writing
- Nordstaterne (Danish Civil War Newsletter): November 2011- present
Guest Columns
- Holmdel-Hazlet Patch: “The Hazlet Cynic: The Missing History of this Town” (August 11, 2012)
Online Writing
- Bleacher Report: New York Rangers Featured Columnist, April 2008- July 2010
- The Hockey Writers: New York Rangers Correspondent, January- May 2009
- Fight Your Film Critic: Creator and Film Critic, April- May 2009
- Metro Hockey: Creator and New York Rangers Correspondent, May 2009- March 2010
- Blueshirt Banter: New York Rangers Correspondent, January- March 2010
- MVP Gotham: New York Rangers Correspondent, September 2009- January 2011
- Phillies Phever: Baseball Contributor, April- December 2010
- From New York to San Francisco: Creator and Blogger, March 2010- present
- The Ultimate Fan Blog of “To Appomattox”: Staff Writer, August 2011- May 2012
- Bulldog Pundit: Contributor, September 2011- June 2012
- Copperhead The Movie: Author of “The Copperhead Courier”, June 2012- present
Online Radio
- NHL 2Day (YouCastr): Co-host, July- November 2008
- Rangers Radio (YouCastr): Creator and Co-host, July 2008- April 2009
- Rinkside (YouCastr): Creator and Co-host, November 2008- April 2009
- Around the NHL (TalkShoe): Creator and Co-host, June 2009- February 2010
