Cortney Drakeford – The List

• .Cortney has watched “General Hospital” for over a decade and covered the soap opera in depth. Her extensive coverage even elicited a response from a programming executive at ABC/Hulu, who answered a tweet regarding her article for the International Business Times about when new episodes would return during the pandemic.
• She is always searching online for the latest entertainment news, from celebrity breakups to the premieres of highly anticipated movie and TV show trailers.
• Cortney’s interest in writing about royal families has led her to watch a wide range of dramatized series based on different royal lineages, like “Reign” and “The Crown,” fact-checking the history along the way and discovering the relationships portrayed aren’t always a reflection of reality.

Experience

Cortney has been covering entertainment content for over a decade. From 2016 to 2023, she worked as an entertainment and lifestyle reporter for The International Business Times, where she covered viral, trending, entertainment, lifestyle, and breaking news, building reader engagement both on social media and across the websites. She has also spent time dabbling in the fashion world, including compiling best and worst dress lists and working behind the scenes at New York Fashion Week. In 2024, she joined Tasting Table as a feature writer, where she wrote about a range of topics from the best ice cream brands to the top dishes at Olive Garden. Driven by her strong passion for celebrity culture, Cortney returned to Static Media in 2025 as a writer for The List. Whether it is breaking news on a major story or sharing the details of a shocking celebrity breakup, Cortney wants to deliver the news in a clear and interesting way that allows readers to form their own opinions.

Education

Cortney earned a broadcast journalism degree from SUNY Buffalo State University.