Pete Kramer is an award-winning journalist recognized nationally for long-form narratives, investigative reporting, and audio storytelling. His work has taken readers into deadly fires, cold case murders, onto the Radio City stage.
Here's a glimpse of his style:
Engine 303 parks at the corner of Poplar and Oak. As soon as Capt. Ed Miley opens the door, he feels the sharp wind from the north, where the fire is. Wind and flame and bone-dry buildings. A nightmare in the making.
Everywhere the captain looks, something is on fire.
We might not put this out, he thinks. We might get killed here.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
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Features and news assignments, freelance or contract.
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Scripts for your videos.
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Voice-overs.
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On-camera interviews researched and conducted.
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Copy tailored to your website.
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Photos and video for social media.
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Book manuscripts edited -- or ghostwritten.
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Live news events and interviews planned and produced.
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Your loved one's story told in an obituary.
HONORS
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2024 National Headliner Award. For “The night that changed everything.”
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2023 Distinguished Feature Writing Award. NY News Publishers. For "The night that changed everything."
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2024 Distinguished Community Service Award. NY News Publishers. For “Tall Trucks, High Impact.”
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2023 Distinguished Beat Reporting Award. NY News Publishers. For “At Jared Lloyd’s Spring Valley firehouse, a plea deal in his death hits hard.”
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2022 Best Feature Writing Portfolio. Society for Feature Journalism. For “A Buffalo Pastor’s Dilemma: Healing a Neighborhood Split by relief and grief,” about the aftermath of the Tops supermarket shooting rampage, and “The Rockettes wanted a kickline that looks more like America. Could they do it?”
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2022 First-Person Narrative Award. NY News Publishers. For “Even after '13 seconds,’ Buffalo Bills fans believe. Here’s how they do it.”
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2022 Best of Gannett Award for Audio Storytelling. For “New Light: The Life, Death and Reopened Case of Karen Mason.”
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2021 Distinguished Breaking News Coverage. NY News Publishers. For Evergreen Court fire coverage.
I had the absolute pleasure of working with Pete Kramer on Gannett’s New York State Team. He was a total dream to work with. He’s an incredibly creative writer who writes clean and fast. He can write about anything — and with authority. He’s a super nice guy who plays well with others. What more can I say? Pete rules.
Jon Campbell, WNYC & Gothamist