Jessica Pressler

Jessica Pressler
Born Marblehead, Massachusetts, US
Occupation journalist, magazine writer
Title Contributing editor at New York
Website jessicapressler.com

Jessica Pressler is an American journalist and contributing editor at New York magazine, where she became as the co-editor of the Daily Intel blog in 2007[1] after working as a staff writer at Philadelphia magazine and as a freelancer for celebrity magazines.[2]

At New York, she has written extensively on “the culture of wealth and money,”[3] interviewing Wall Street CEOs such as Goldman Sachs Lloyd Blankfein and AIG CEO Robert Benmosche about their firms involvement in the 2008 financial crisis in addition to profiling colorful New York personalities like Lynn Tilton and Anthony Scaramucci. Her features about the feud between Chris Burch and Tory Burch and the culture of Silicon Valley Laundry startups have appeared in Best American Business Writing’s 2013 and 2015 editions, respectively.[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

More recently Pressler has become known for her work covering "lady grifters."[15]

Her 2015 New York story "The Hustlers at Scores,”[16] described by the Hollywood Reporter as a "Modern Robin Hood story..centered on strippers,"[17] was nominated for a 2016 National Magazine Award[18] and is being adapted into a full-length feature film by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay’s Gloria Sanchez productions.[19][20]

Her 2018 story "Maybe She Had So Much Money She Just Lost Track of It,"[21] labeled an "instant classic" by The New Yorker is being developed into a series by Netflix and Shonda Rhimes.[22][23][24]

Pressler has also written for GQ, Elle, Esquire and Smithsonian.[2] She was a regular Gossip Girl episode recap writer for Vulture website, and has even made an appearance as a New York magazine editor in one of its episodes.[25]

Personal life

Pressler lives in Queens.[26]

References

  1. ↑ "Jessica Pressler on New York, "millennium girls" and the love story that wasn't". Nieman Foundation at Harvard,. October 28, 2011.
  2. 1 2 Magazine article archives by Jessica Pressler:
    • "Articles by Jessica Pressler". Smithsonian Magazine.
    • "Jessica Pressler". GQ.
    • "Jessica Pressler". Elle.
    • "Jessica Pressler". Esquire.
    • "Jessica Pressler – Archive". New York.
  3. ↑ "Jessica Pressler leaves New York for Bloomberg News". Politico.com. December 8, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Best American Business Writing 2015".
  5. ↑ "Best American Business Writing 2013".
  6. ↑ "It's Too Bad. And I Don't Mean Too Bad Like, Screw Em". New York magazine.
  7. ↑ "Lloyd Blankfein vs the Haters". CNBC.
  8. ↑ "The Randian and the Bailout". New York magazine.
  9. ↑ "What Does it Take For a Female Tycoon to Get Noticed Around Here?". New York magazine.
  10. ↑ "Lynn Tilton: The Wildest Woman in American Business". CNBC.
  11. ↑ "The Mooch is His Own Afflac Duck". New York magazine.
  12. ↑ "For Wall Streeters Who Bet Long On Trump, It's Bonus Time". New York magazine.
  13. ↑ "His. Hers". New York magazine.
  14. ↑ "Let's Like, Demolish Laundry". New York magazine.
  15. ↑ "Recode Media: Jessica Pressler Talks "Lady Grifters"". Recode.
  16. ↑ "The Hustlers at Scores". New York magazine.
  17. ↑ "Stripper Robin Hood Story 'The Hustlers at Scores' in the Works at Gloria Sanchez". The Hollywood Reporter.
  18. ↑ Arana, Gabriel (January 14, 2016). "New York Mag Leads Pack With 9 National Magazine Award Nominations". The Huffington Post.
  19. ↑ "Longform podcast #114: Jessica Pressler". Longform.
  20. ↑ "Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Megan Ellison & Annapurna Team on Hustlers at Scores". Variety.
  21. ↑ "Maybe She Had So Much Money She Just Lost Track of It". New York.
  22. ↑ Tolentino, Jia (June 5, 2018). "The Fiends and Folk Heroes of Grifter Season". The New Yorker.
  23. ↑ Birnbaum, Debra (June 8, 2018). "Shonda Rhimes Sets Anna Delvey Series as First Netflix Project". Variety.
  24. ↑ Sandberg, Bryn (June 8, 2018). "Shonda Rhimes Sets Anna Delvey Series as First Netflix Project". The Hollywood Reporter.
  25. ↑ "Watch Our Gossip Girl Recapper's GG Cameo". vulture.com. October 16, 2012. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  26. ↑ "About Jessica Pressler". JessicaPressler.com.
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