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Rachel Syme

Staff Writer

AS SEEN ON
The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, Magzter

Preston's Summary

Rachel Syme is a Staff Writer at The New Yorker, where she covers Culture, Hollywood, Art, and Entertainment. Her work often explores themes in arts and entertainment, including celebrities, comedy, and pop culture, as well as the intersections of publishing and media. Rachel's writing has also been featured in The New York Review of Books, Realclearpolitics, and other notable publications.

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Geo Focus

New York, United States (Local)

Coverage Attributes:

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Informative: 50 %
Opinion: 27 %
Reviews: 13 %
Interviews Q&as: 8 %
Events: 1 %

Themes Covered:

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Most Recent Topics:

  • Art Dealing
  • Fine Art
  • Pop Culture
  • Celebrities
  • Comedy
  • Authors
  • Books

Pitching Insights

Rachel Syme’s coverage leans toward style-driven arts and culture pieces, with a strong eye for celebrity moments, comedy, books, and publishing. She seems most receptive to pitches that connect a cultural figure, project, or event to a sharper broader takeaway, especially when there’s a visually rich or personality-forward angle.

For outreach, prioritize timely access to people directly involved in a notable release, performance, or cultural event, since her work often benefits from firsthand voices and a clear hook. She also appears open to commentary that adds context or interpretation around how a work is landing in the broader public conversation.

Her focus is local to New York, so pitches should keep that setting in mind.

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Articles

Magzter

ELEVATED LOOKS

ELEVATED LOOKS

By: Rachel Syme

Dilara Fındıkoğlu's "Earthly Paradise" dress, from 2023. The title of “Costume Art,” a sprawling, stuffed-to-the-seams exhibition at the

The New Yorker

Wendy Wasserstein's Prescient Play

Wendy Wasserstein's Prescient Play

By: Rachel Syme, Rhoda Feng, Marina Harss, Vince Aletti, Sheldon Pearce, Madeleine Wulfahrt

Wendy Wasserstein's “An American Daughter” (revived, by La Femme Theatre Productions, at the Pershing Square Signature Center , now in previews) harks back to a more hopeful era.

The New York Review of Books

The Profiler

The Profiler

By: Rachel Syme, Merve Emre

It seems as though Rachel Syme has interviewed all the grandes dames of New York and Los Angeles. She drank cosmopolitans with Carol Burnett, accompanied

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