Gary Susman
Denver
As seen in:
LinkedIn,
HuffPost,
TIME,
Rolling Stone,
Vanity Fair,
Entertainment Weekly,
Yahoo,
The News International,
Moviefone,
HarperCollins Publishers
and
Covers:
finance, investing, personal finance, U.S. economy, global economy, movies, television, entertainment, pop culture, film, music, celebrities
MarComm Pro. Current role: Content Strategist at Everforth. Past writer/editor at @EW, @TIME, & @RollingStone. Co-Author of book Friends Forever.
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Gary Susman’s Biography
Read Full Bio →I spent 30 years as an entertainment journalist, covering film, TV, music, and other media for such outlets as Entertainment Weekly, People, Rolling Stone, Time, Life, MSNBC, CNN, MSN, AOL/Huffington Post/Moviefone, The Village Voice, The Guardian, The Chicago Sun-Times, and The Boston Phoenix. That's mostly finished now, though you will still occasionally see my obituaries for Hollywood legends in Vanity Fair. In 2019, I co-wrote a book, "Friends Forever," a 25th-anniversary history of and epi…
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Interview
See all 9 answers →What was your first job as a journalist?
The first time I got paid to write was for Harvard Magazine. I was the alumni magazine's "Undergraduate" columnist for a year.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes. I learned to type on a typewriter in high school typing class. Given that I've made a living typing ever since, it was a wise elective.
How is social media changing news?
It didn't invent our industry's tendency toward prioritizing expedience and trivia over hard work and substance, but it exacerbates them.