Crystal Berger of EBO: 5 Things I Wish Someone Told Me When I First Started

Alexandra Spirer
Authority Magazine
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5 min readJan 22, 2024

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No One Can Be You: Focus on your YOUnique journey, because the competition can never be you.

As part of this series, I had the pleasure of Interviewing Crystal Berger.

Media-Tech Entrepreneur Crystal I. Berger is the founder of EBO, an on-demand expert matching engine that makes it easy for media outlets to discover, vet, and book on-air talent. For over a decade, Crystal worked at FOX News Channel as a Senior Booking Producer and National News Feature Host. There, she tripled network bookings and increased on-air diversity by 85% while managing 1,300 local stations. Crystal was host of Extraordinary which aired on FOX News 24/7 Headlines.

Her technology, EBO tackles the booking and DEI challenges media outlets, publicists, and professional organizations face when seeking talent for content offerings. To date, EBO has booked guest experts for FOX Business, SxSw, Medium and BNC. Some of EBO’s community partners include Black Speakers Network, WIN Executive Summit, the Associated Black Charities, and Black Women Talk Tech.

Crystal has been a featured speaker and host at the United Nations, Business Insider, the Congressional Black Caucus, Black Women Talk Tech, AMC Networks and

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Alexandra Spirer
Authority Magazine

I am an entrepreneur, publicist, journalist and event producer based in Sunny Florida. My passion is writing & giving back to others.