NPR/90.1FM WABE, "City Lights" — Musicians John Driskell Hopkins and Joe Gransden join Lois Reitzes to talk about their Christmas album and about performing at the 2018 National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony.

BUSINESS RADIO X, “CEO EXCLUSIVE” — On this CEO Exclusive we talk with Chris and Mark LeDoux with Crafty Apes about trends in the visual effects industry.

Crafty Apes is a full service visual effects company based in Culver City, CA. Launched in July 2011, the company was founded by three visual effects veterans with more than 20 years of combined experience: Jason Sanford, Chris LeDoux, and Tim LeDoux.

NPR, 90.1FM WABE, ATLANTA — The Georgia World Congress Center was transformed into a game lover’s haven this past weekend.

DreamHack Atlanta, a worldwide gaming lifestyle festival, brought in more than 30,000 attendees to the event space from Nov. 16 to 18 for their second-ever convention in Atlanta.

Justin Burnham, creative director for DreamHack, said this year’s event has grown in all areas since last year. The festival’s focus around games has expanded to include art, film and music that appeals to those within the gaming lifestyle, such as performances by EDM act Riot and hip-hop producer London on da Track.

“Besides giving gaming it’s own red carpet direction in terms of growth, adding all those different areas, we also want to break the label. I don’t like labels,” Burnham said. “I think gamers are super intelligent. They are programmers. They’re artists … So what I want our event to do is to smash those labels, destroy those labels and come together and just enjoy what we are creating.”

WXIA-11 Alive, “The A-Scene” — ATLANTA — Beginning Wednesday, thousands of video gamers from across the world will be here in Atlanta.

They are joining forces to celebrate the rapidly growing world of gaming which has already passed the $1 billion mark globally. The name of the big kick off? The city's first-ever E-Sports week!

We got a look at the newest entertainment and gaming venue where it’s going down. What if I told you that 2.6 billion people play video games around the world? Or that 400 million viewers watch and cheer on their favorite gaming teams.

NPR/90.1FM WABE ATLANTA — Game enthusiasts, professional players and skilled cosplayers will be coming out to DreamHack Atlanta this weekend.

The worldwide gaming lifestyle festival is slated to make a stop in the city from Nov. 16 to 18 at the Georgia World Congress Center, 285 Andrew Young International Blvd. NW, Atlanta

WXIA 11-ALIVE, “THE A-SCENE” — People came out to find out how to get into the business.

HYPEPOTAMUS — After a week where Drake, Scooter Braun and Michael Jordan made investments in eSports companies, it appears that the market for competitive online gaming is as hot as it gets. And the funding numbers corroborate that: North Carolina-based Epic Games announced a $1.25 billion capital raise last week, bringing total venture funding in the space to above $2 billion in 2018.

And eSports is different from many tech-driven industries in that market activity is not concentrated on the West Coast. In one recent analysis by WalletHub, Atlanta was ranked the top city for “Gaming Environment” in the U.S. and the #3 best overall city for gamers.

HYPEPOTAMUS — Thousands of gamers will flock to the Georgia World Congress Center on November 16-18 for the return of DreamHack, the world’s premier gaming and digital festival. The 24-hour-a-day festival weekend features all things gaming under one roof.

DreamHack, based out of Europe, is recognized by the Guinness Book of Records as the world’s largest LAN party and computer festival with the world’s fastest Internet connection and the most generated traffic. It first came to Atlanta last year, drawing nearly 25,000 visitors from 48 states and 25 countries.

ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION — Georgia’s booming film and television industry might see new talent emerge from the the DeKalb Entertainment Commission’s Entertainment Expo this weekend. 

And for the commission’s executive director Shelbia Jackson, the expo — now in its second year — means training DeKalb residents to break in to the entertainment industry. 

ATLANTA MAGAZINE — illed as the largest LAN party in the world, the annual three-day event at the Georgia World Congress Center brings gamers from across the country—and an audience of thousands—to compete for nearly $2 million in cash winnings. 

WXIA 11-ALIVE, “The A-Scene” — ATLANTA — Dreams for a career behind the scenes in the industries of television and film usually require investing in upfront costs. But a local program in Clayton County pays its students and designed to get them in the entertainment workforce.

WXIA 11-ALIVE, “THE A-SCENE” — ATLANTA