I am not a professional tennis player on the ATP tour.
I am not the bassist for the band Bad Religion.
Nor am I the former spokesperson for Sprint, who is married to Terry Farrell.
No, I am simply a journalist in Toronto — Canada’s largest metropolis — and I dig all things pop culture.
Perhaps it’s a good thing that there are so many Brian Bakers in the world, just so my website doesn’t have much prominence.
You have to be looking for “Brian Baker, journalist” on Google to find me.
In other words, it’s a bad thing because, according to the acronym SEO, I am not as high up on keyword searches.
Oh well, this website is mainly used as an online portfolio of all of the work I’ve done for various publications over the span of a decade.
I fell into journalism post-university when I soon discovered I should have been hobnobbing with archaeology professors in order to secure a job with a firm in Toronto.
Though journalism doesn’t pay much, I still find a way to survive.
This website is here to offer those in the publishing industry the eclectic content I’ve written: sports, arts and life.
I’ve worked for the Town Crier, Vaughan Today, Urban Male Magazine and Sun Media.
What I like most about the job is writing and talking to people. I’ve also grown fond of photography. Transcribing and the pay is probably the least likable.
As for the fluff section: It’s just a quick throw-together of my personality. What I like, and what aspects of pop culture I pay attention to. It is by no means a list of what should be considered the best by the masses, much to the chagrin of trolls.
Enjoy the content, and if you feel like dropping me a line, go for it.