Rachel Syme

Rachel Syme is an American journalist, writer and editor. Her long-form work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Matter and Grantland, among other publications. She writes about a variety of topics, primarily "culture, women, music, history, film, fashion, television, books, art, politics, New York, the Internet, feminism, visual culture and whatever else crosses path in a given week."
Early life
Syme was born in Gallup, New Mexico and grew up in Albuquerque. She attended Albuquerque Academy. After high school, she attended Stanford University from 2001 to 2005, where she received a B.A. in English and art history.
Career
In 2006, Syme began her career as an associate editor of culture and entertainment at Radar Magazine. In 2007, Syme moved to New York City, where she became the entertainment editor at the New York Posts "Page Six". In 2008, Syme worked as culture editor for The Daily Beast. In 2010, Syme became the book editor for NPR and contributed freelance writing and editing work to NBC Universal, PBS, Elle, New York, Salon and others. Since 2011, Syme has been working on a biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Hollywood years for Random House.
Notable pieces
In 2013, Syme wrote a piece about her hometown in relation to the television show Breaking Bad. On January 14, 2015, Syme's piece "The Broad Strokes" about Broad City creators Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson was published in Grantland. On November 9, 2015, her profile on the musical artist Grimes ran in Rolling Stone. On November 19, 2015, Syme published "SELFIE: The Revolutionary Potential of Your Own Face" in Matter. The piece defends "selfies" in response to modern cultural backlash. On February 26 of this year, Pacific Standard published Syme's piece on "The Original Six", a group of women directors who spoke out against gender discrimination in Hollywood in 1979.
Other work
In 2016, Syme began teaching non-fiction writing and reporting at Catapult. She runs a newsletter called Adventuress, which she describes as a "bi-monthly romp through the life of a woman who is now dead" and runs a book club called Women's Lives Club.
Personal life
Syme lives in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn with her boyfriend, Erik Hinton.

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