Variety Hires Stephen Rodrick as Chief Correspondent
variety.comVariety Staff Follow Us on Twitter Variety has hired acclaimed magazine writer Stephen Rodrick to be a chief correspondent for the publication.
In his new post, Rodrick will write cover stories and longform pieces about Hollywood, movies, TV shows and important figures in the entertainment industry.
His work has been featured in The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, New York and The New Yorker. He has spent the past decade writing for Rolling Stone. “Stephen is one of the best magazine writers in the country,” say Variety co-editors-in-chief Ramin Setoodeh and Cynthia Littleton. “His arrival at Variety comes in a year where we are experiencing unprecedented digital growth.
We are so excited to start publishing his beautiful, literary writing in the pages of our weekly print magazine and online.” Rodrick’s story on Lindsay Lohan and Paul Schrader for The New York Times Magazine and his Rolling Stone profile of Johnny Depp are two of the most talked about Hollywood stories of the past decade. “I’ve written about many things but writing about creative people trying to make things—sometimes succeeding, sometimes failing spectacularly–has always been when I’ve been most happiest,” said Rodrick. “I’ve been reading Variety for years and I can’t wait to get started.” Rodrick’s trademark as a journalist is exhaustive profiles and process pieces.
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