{"id":1413761,"date":"2024-03-28T11:35:06","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T15:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/observer.com\/?page_id=1413761"},"modified":"2025-06-16T09:38:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T13:38:49","slug":"about-observer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/observer.com\/about-observer\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT OBSERVER"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Observer chronicles the powerful people behind the most important ideas, companies and trends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">EDITORIAL TEAM<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Merin Curotto, Head of Editorial &amp; Audience<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Christa Terry, Senior Arts &amp; Culture Editor (pitch: artnews@observer.com)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Sissi Cao, Business Editor (pitch: business@observer.com)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Morgan Halberg, Travel &amp; Lifestyle Editor (pitch: lifestyle@observer.com)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Sonia Rubeck, Contributors Editor (pitch: experts@observer.com)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Elisa Carollo, Arts Reporter<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly, Business Reporter<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Rex Reed, Film Critic<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">CONTRIBUTING WRITERS<\/th><th><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/author\/farah-abdessamad\/\" data-lasso-id=\"2376821\">Farah Abdessamad<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/author\/oliver-jones\/\" data-lasso-id=\"2376826\">Oliver Jones<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/author\/margaret-abrams\/\" data-lasso-id=\"2376831\">Margaret Abrams<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/author\/allie-lebos\/\" data-lasso-id=\"2376837\">Allie Lebos<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/author\/laura-babiak\/\" data-lasso-id=\"2376843\">Laura Babiak<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/author\/rob-ledonne\/\" data-lasso-id=\"2376849\">Rob LeDonne<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/author\/christopher-corwin\/\" data-lasso-id=\"2376855\">Christopher Corwin<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/author\/meredith-lepore\/\" data-lasso-id=\"2376861\">Meredith Lepore<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/author\/david-cote\/\" data-lasso-id=\"2376867\">David Cote<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/author\/annie-levin\/\" data-lasso-id=\"2376873\">Annie Levin<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/author\/dan-duray\/\" data-lasso-id=\"2376879\">Dan Duray<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/author\/jasmine-lobe\/\" data-lasso-id=\"2376885\">Jasmine Lobe<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/author\/marissa-desantis\/\" data-lasso-id=\"2376891\">Marissa DeSantis<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/author\/neal-pollack\/\" data-lasso-id=\"2376896\">Neal Pollack<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a 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href=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/author\/shreyas-sinha\/\" data-lasso-id=\"2376936\">Shreyas Sinha<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/author\/brad-japhe\/\" data-lasso-id=\"2376941\">Brad Japhe<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/author\/andy-wang\/\" data-lasso-id=\"2376946\">Andy Wang<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/author\/rich-jaroslovsky\/\" data-lasso-id=\"2376951\">Rich Jaroslovsky<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/author\/emily-zemler\/\" data-lasso-id=\"2376957\">Emily Zemler<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/author\/paul-jebara\/\" data-lasso-id=\"2376963\">Paul Jebara<\/a><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">WORK WITH OBSERVER<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><br><strong>INTERN<\/strong> <br><br>Observer accepts editorial, photography and social media interns throughout the year, at both the undergraduate and graduate level. <a href=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/internships\/\" data-lasso-id=\"2376969\">Learn more about our internship program<\/a>.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><br><strong>FREELANCE<\/strong> <br><br>Observer is currently<strong> <\/strong>expanding coverage in the following areas: <a href=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/auctions\/\" data-lasso-id=\"2376975\">Auctions<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/artificial-intelligence\/\" data-lasso-id=\"2376981\">Artificial Intelligence<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/banking\/\" data-lasso-id=\"2376987\">Banking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/books\/\" data-lasso-id=\"2376993\">Books<\/a>, <a 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To pitch our team, please contact the appropriate section head at the corresponding email addresses listed above (&#8220;Editorial Team&#8221;), making sure to include links to your recently published work along with at least 2-3 fully fleshed-out story ideas. Due to the volume of pitches we receive, we are unlikely to respond to any emails that omit this information. <\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><br><strong>SHARE OPINIONS &amp; EXPERT INSIGHTS  <\/strong><br><strong><br><\/strong>Observer welcomes business leaders with robust experience to share informed opinions about the people, events and trends impacting the industries we cover. <a data-lasso-id=\"2410149\" href=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/column\/expert-insights\/\"><strong>Expert Insights<\/strong><\/a> is a collection of thoughtful and timely opinion pieces from business leaders who bring deep (and often rare) understandings of how and why ideas move across industries to impact the flow of capital and drive innovation.\u00a0These expert contributors identify, connect and translate trends in media, tech, finance, arts, entertainment, hospitality, retail and beyond. 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