Email: stephen.daw@billboard.com
Socials: @stephenrdaw
HI there.
I'm Stephen Daw, an entertainment writer & editor based in New York City currently working as the Pride Editor for Billboard. In the decade that I have been a working music journalist, I’ve had the opportunity to interview hundreds of performers — including cover stories on stars like Sam Smith and Cynthia Erivo, as well as interviews with Lady Gaga, Madonna and Queen, among others — and write hundreds of stories about the myriad intersections between pop culture and the real world, especially when it comes to the LGBTQ+ community.
I was lucky enough to receive the 2024 GLAAD Media Award for Outsanding Print Article for writing Billboard’s June 2024 cover story featuring Maren Morris and four drag artists — Symone, Sasha Colby, Eureka O’Hara and Landon Cider. The story saw Morris and the performers initiate an intense discussion about the status of LGBTQ+ rights in the U.S., drag bans, the rise of anti-queer animus and the importance of political activism within the entertainment space.
Outside of journalism, I like to talk about music, RuPaul's Drag Race, whatever TV show I’ve just finished watching & much more. <3