Erica Barry is a media industry professional, author, and journalist.
She loves stories and is fascinated with how new technologies are changing the ways we tell them: from breaking news to cooking videos.
She has told many stories throughout her life, including writing about everything from blockbuster movies to conspiracy theories, performing at Disneyland, giving a TEDx talk, and penning her debut book, Don't Wait, Create: How to Be A Content Creator in the New Digital Revolution.
I spent a day with top conspiracy theories, Robin Brown. One of the travel features in the November 2024 Print Magazine.
I meet Brown at the famous grassy knoll within the plaza. It’s already 92 degrees, yet he’s wearing a crisp navy blue suit; a U.S. flag is pinned to his lapel. His opening line: “I will not say ‘we suspect’ during this tour. I know what happened.”
I spent a week with actor Ty Mitchell in Marfa, learning about his journey from the Big Bend to the big screen. I also interviewed Robert De Niro for this piece. It was one of the top weekly web stories on TexasMonthly.com when it was published.
When I ask Mitchell if he plans on watching the Oscars this year, he carefully rolls another cigarette. “I don’t think I get that channel out here,” he says. “I don’t like crowds, and if they don’t allow smoking for eight hours, I don’t think I could stomach it. [But] if I ever win one, mail me that SOB.”
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Visitors who come to learn more about the JFK assassination can get a feel for the Big D of the sixties at these classic or retro-inspired restaurants, shops, and hotels.
Clever Tickers
A BABY, a GEEK, and a COW all walk into a bar looking for some BEER and VINO. What happens next? They all beat the market.
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Conducting a Fama-French four-factor statistical analysis, this study found that clever tickers outperform the market by a wide margin, contradicting the efficient-market hypothesis. "The Importance of Resourcefulness, Ruses, and Recall in Stock Ticker Symbols" was published in The Quarterly Review of Economics & Finance, and its findings were featured in The Economist and CNBC.
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The research also showed how creative signals can benefit IPOs. It has not only been cited as go-to research in numerous academic journals but also impacted real-world transactions, e.g., "BROS, BETZ and DNA: The Race to Claim a Good Ticker and Attract Investors,” Bloomberg (9/16/21) and “As FB becomes META, here are 10 creative ticker symbols," MarketWatch (6/11/22).
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Erica Barry’s article, "There Has Never Been an Asian Victoria’s Secret Angel—And Maybe That’s a Good Thing," was the first piece of journalistic writing to receive the Pomona College First-Year Writing Prize.
New Book Highlights the Power of Digital Media (Business Insider)
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New Book Highlights the Power of Digital Media (Yahoo Finance)
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Erica Barry's New Book on Navigating the "Golden Age of Content Creation" (MarketWatch)
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Erica Barry’s Guide to Successful Digital Content Creation (The New York Entrepreneur)
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Erica Barry Wants to Empower the Next Generation of Content Creators (The Miami Entrepreneur)
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Interviews
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Don’t Wait, Create: Overcoming Your Inner Critic ft. Erica Barry (Bamboo & Glass)
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How to leverage the power of content creation in the digital age (Creator Community)
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"Don’t Wait, Create" | A new book helps guide readers through digital media (CBS 8)
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