Taylor Swift and Beyoncé Get Their Own Press Corps
Gannett, the largest newspaper chain in the United States, has announced that it would hire reporters to cover two of the biggest names in music: Taylor Swift and Beyoncé.
Amid the zeal around both artists’ record-breaking tours this year, Gannett said in separate announcements on Tuesday and Wednesday that it was looking for two reporters who could capture the significance of their music, their growing legacies and the effect both women have had across the music world.
The two reporters would be writing for USA Today and The Tennessean, the publisher’s newspaper in Nashville, where Swift began her career as a country darling before selling out stadiums across North America on her record-breaking Eras Tour.
In its job description for the Beyoncé reporting job, Gannett said on Wednesday that it was seeking a journalist who could cover how the “international superstar and icon’s impact is felt across generations,” and how she has been “a force in everything from how the country views race to how women think about their partners.”
