{"id":203225,"date":"2023-10-31T10:29:44","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T14:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spacenews.com\/?page_id=203225"},"modified":"2023-10-31T10:29:45","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T14:29:45","slug":"brian-berger","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/spacenews.com\/brian-berger\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Berger"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spacenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/brain_berger.webp?w=250&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-203220\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/4;object-fit:contain;width:250px\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spacenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/brain_berger.webp?w=652&amp;ssl=1 652w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spacenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/brain_berger.webp?resize=300%2C288&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spacenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/brain_berger.webp?resize=400%2C385&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spacenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/brain_berger.webp?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 652px) 100vw, 652px\" \/><\/figure><p><strong>Brian Berger is editor-in-chief of SpaceNews.com and the SpaceNews magazine. He joined SpaceNews.com in 1998, spending his first decade with the publication covering NASA.<\/strong><\/p><p>His reporting on the 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia accident was recognized with an Online News Association award for breaking news. He was named senior staff writer in 2004, a position he held until being named SpaceNews deputy editor in 2008. Brian earned a journalism degree from Ohio University, where he was active in student government.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brian Berger is editor-in-chief of SpaceNews.com and the SpaceNews magazine. He joined SpaceNews.com in 1998, spending his first decade with the publication covering NASA. 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