Award-winning journalist Marissa R. Moss has joined Rolling Stone as Senior Writer. Moss has been a regular contributor to the magazine since 2008 and helped launch Rolling Stone Country, the title’s country music vertical, in 2014.

A New York native and 15-year resident of Nashville, she will contribute to the magazine’s country music coverage across editorial, digital, and live platforms. Moss will report to Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone Deputy Editor and Head of Country.

“There's no better place to cover country music right now, or with a bigger investment in what matters in Nashville and the South, than Rolling Stone,” Moss said. “I couldn’t be more thrilled to join the team, where I’ll get to work with the best editors and writers in the business — not to mention Joe Hudak, who has carefully edited my stories as a freelancer for over a decade. I can't wait to bring readers work that explores the artists who are shaping the culture, the trends driving it, and investigative reports that hold the industry accountable.”

“When we launched Rolling Stone Country in June 2014, we did so with Marissa’s byline as a contributor. Since then, she’s been responsible for some of our most important stories, including a seismic 2018 feature on sexual misconduct in country radio, definitive profiles of Sturgill Simpson and Sierra Ferrell, and a Musicians on Musicians conversation between Miley Cyrus and Mickey Guyton. I could not be more excited about what Marissa will bring to Rolling Stone as Senior Writer,” Hudak said.

Along with her bylines as a journalist in the New York Times, GQ, Billboard, Vulture, and more, Moss is the author of the 2022 book Her Country: How Women in Country Music Became the Success They Were Never Supposed to Be and the forthcoming I’ve Been a Bad, Bad Girl (out in 2027 via Da Capo Press). She is the 2018 recipient of the Rolling Stone Chet Flippo Award for Excellence in Country Music and the co-founder of the country newsletter DontRocktheInbox.com.