Tea Merchant - Producer - Writer - Reporter - Editor
new york, new york, united states
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Claim your profileFour-time Emmy award-winning entertainment journalist who specializes in celebrity news. Currently a senior reporter and producer at Entertainment Tonight and etonline and ET Live Correspondent. Contributor to Cosmopolitan.com and PureWow. Work has been featured in New York Magazine, Time Out New York, OK!, and on The Cut, Vulture, Grub Street, Hello!, Shape, Elle, and GQ. A regular guest commentator on American pop culture for Germany’s N24 (Germany’s version of CNN) and France’s TF1’s 50 Minutes Inside (France’s version of 60 Minutes). Fueled by matcha! Co-founder of MAKE, a curated collection of premium matcha to make at home. Find us online and in select boutiques. Featured in goop, Esquire, Good House Keeping, and more. Specialties: celebrity interviews (red carpets, junkets, one-on-ones), lifestyle writing, food & travel writing, profiles, TV/digital segment production.






Masters, Journalism at New York UniversityGraduated: 2010
Education, Writing at The University Of British ColumbiaGraduated: 2008
Bachelor Of Science, Kinesiology at University Of VictoriaGraduated: 2006