Tim Karan is a writer and editor for Looper. An award-winning journalist, he began his career with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, where he received multiple Keystone Press Awards for news coverage and feature writing. He became a film and music critic for the Democrat and Chronicle in Rochester, New York, before moving on to become associate editor of Alternative Press magazine. He also hosted the popular AP&R Podcast, and oversaw editorial for the official Vans Warped Tour program. He later became senior editor for Diffuser, and has written for The A.V. Club, Newser, and Bleacher Report. He's interviewed Oscar winners, Grammy winners, and countless filmmakers and musicians throughout his career. A resident of Nashville, he's been called "the closest thing to Woody Allen to ever come out of Warped Tour nation."
