Reiss Smith

@MaggieBaska maggie!! looking forward to endless chaos and cat updates 💙

@reisss it's been an honour working with you and helped PN get better every day you came into work. And I'm still devastated to not be annoying you every morning with my bizarre pitches and cat updates 😭😭😭

hello, i’m freelance! yesterday was my last day as deputy head of news at pinknews. i’m open to commissions, shifts and ongoing projects - thread of some best bits incoming below! if you’re looking for a writer, editor or consultant, hmu: hello@reisssmith.com

@felicity_journo i mean there’s best bits and there’s absolute lifetime achievements!!! text me please, we are so overdue a catch up

@reisss Questioning now whether it was *Alice* the giraffe…

jumped on zoom with sarah paulson, sophie okonedo, cynthia nixon and thee sharon stone (!!) thepinknews.com/2020/09/17/rat…

interviewed A LOT of drag queens. peppermint will always be a favourite thepinknews.com/2020/10/16/pep…

remember the cock destroyers? this was fun thepinknews.com/2020/11/24/coc…

hanging out in alan cumming’s dressing room was the last thing i did before lockdown thepinknews.com/2020/04/30/hom…

interviewed the cast of it’s a sin before they changed the world thepinknews.com/2021/01/22/its…

had a blast with the icon michaela jae rodriguez thepinknews.com/2021/06/18/mj-…

spoke with andrea jenkins, america’s first black, openly trans elected official thepinknews.com/2023/02/27/and…

met the star of my new favourite musical, a strange loop thepinknews.com/2023/06/21/a-s…

"Lily was what we all aspire to. Brilliance. I’m so grateful for all she did and for Paul O’Grady humanising us queers at a time where we were roundly vilified." Thanks to @thedannybeard and @Divinadecampo for sharing some words. thepinknews.com/2023/03/29/pau…

@MonopolyPhonic NOPE

@NolaMarianna 🤣 honestly couldn't be happier for you getting to see jesse up close and personal!

@reisss Thank you, Reiss 🥰Feel like the PinkNews lot will be proud to know I celebrated by staring at lots of dicks lol. Staying on brand even while I'm across the pond 😂

My final birthday celebration was seeing Jesse Williams on stage in #TakeMeOut and it was SO FREAKING GOOD. So moving, so funny, so many twists! But yeah, #HAPPYBIRTHDAYTOME 😏

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@ryanjohnbutcher @PinkNews alright m8

the absolute biggest of thanks to the entire @PinkNews team. i love this job more than i can probably put into words right now and to be told i’m doing alright at it is pretty deece tbf

HOLY FUCK WE JUST WON EDITORIAL TEAM OF THE YEAR AT @TheDrum AWARDS!!!!!!!!

@Alexandraaa_cg @BAFTA !!!!!!

WOW. What a total honour. Haven't stopped screaming / smiling since this morning. Thank you @BAFTA !!! <3

just been reminded by @reisss about this December piece i wrote about the #EHRC and why its direction of travel is... troubling, if anyone wants some additional context on this week's news. pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/24/tra…

@weischoice base rate is 15p/word

@reisss can you share rates?

looking for lgbt history month pitches - especially stories from marginalised perspectives/communities. email in my bio if you've any questions, stick PITCH in your subject pls