Rachel Leishman
Verified
(She/Her)
As seen in:
The Mary Sue,
IMDb,
MSN,
MSN New Zealand,
Yahoo Life,
Barnes and Noble,
Substack,
Flipboard,
Yahoo,
CBR,
Collider
and
Covers:
Movies, television, theatre, music, celebrity interviews.
writer, fangirl, official leslie knope. nerdy girl. the short one. eic @themarysue. writer @collider. sometimes @cbr. podcasts. she/her. @criticschoice.
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
A contributor to a smaller publication
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes I am a millennial who loves The Shining
How is social media changing news?
It is both bringing it to people faster but also allowing people to think they know what is going on without checking sources.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Lois Lane
What does it mean to be a journalist?
To be honest in your reporting but to be true to yourself and your beliefs in the process.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
Anything film related with our new horror icons
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Email
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Wordpress, Photoshop, iMovie, Canva
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter (I'm not calling it X) and Instagram
Who do you wish followed you?
Glen Powell and Pedro Pascal
Why did you become a journalist?
Because my love of movies and television inspired me to want to write about them and report on them.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
No but I was an AP English student
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Sadly my exploration of the Marvel Cinematic's hatred of chest hair. Why do we have actors shaving their chests?!
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Don't give up and just keep on pushing.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Morning
What's the best pitch you ever got?
Anything about Christopher Nolan
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
Writing up a movie review about Ben Shapiro's films
What's your favorite drink?
iced team or a cucumber gimlet
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
At the movies
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Vulture
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That it isn't hard work
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