Hi! I’m Anna, I’m a reporter at The Wall Street Journal covering power and culture. My work there focuses on the social dynamics of wealth and the powerful people who shape culture from behind closed doors. You can also find my work in New York Magazine, The New York Times, GQ, The Guardian, Business Insider, Condé Nast Traveler, Inc., The Sunday Times, British Vogue, Tripadvisor, Chase Travel, and more.

Prior to joining WSJ, I served for nine months as the managing editor of Emily Sundberg’s Feed Me newsletter. From 2021-2025, I was a features correspondent at Business Insider, where I wrote about the rise and fall of millennial dream startups, the pitfalls of influencer culture, the ramifications of ketamine being touted as a depression wonder drug, and plenty of literary, culinary and entertainment industry drama. As a recipient of the 2023 Ferriss–UC Berkeley Psychedelic Journalism fellowship, I spent six months reporting on the troubled quest to legalize MDMA. Prior to that, I worked for five years as a writer at New York Magazine’s The Cut, where I covered culture, health, gender, lifestyle and entertainment.

I have spoken about my reporting on MSNBC, CBS News, Access Hollywood, Good Morning America, WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show and HBO’s Taylor Swift vs Scooter Braun: Bad Blood docuseries. If you’d like to work together, please reach out to annasilmanjourno@gmail.com.