Russell Baillie
Arts & Entertainment Editor·New Zealand Listener
Auckland, New Zealand, Oceania
- Accepts pitches
Covers: Are Media · Art History · ArtistsRecently activeReviewed Aug 2026
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Why reach out to Russell?
Russell Baillie works as an arts & entertainment editor at New Zealand Listener and is publicly associated with are media, art history and artists, working into Local. Artists and publicists reach out when a release genuinely lands in that lane.
Formats
Local News · News · Tv Guide
Market
Local · Oceania
Pitching
Accepts pitches
Playbook
How to approach Russell
- Lead with
- The release story and why it fits New Zealand Listener.
- Keep it
- Short. Put the hook in the first two lines.
- Send
- A music link with short, relevant context.
- Avoid
- Generic introductions and oversized attachments.
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What does Russell Baillie cover?
Coverage
- Are Media
- Art History
- Artists
- Arts
Market
- Auckland
- New Zealand
- Oceania
Signals
- Accepts pitches
- Professional contact available
- Recently active
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About
Who is Russell Baillie?
Russell Baillie is a Auckland-based arts & entertainment editor associated with New Zealand Listener. Their published work centres on Are Media, Art History and Artists. Coverage runs through Local News and News. The audience sits primarily in Local and Oceania. Arts & Entertainment Editor · New Zealand Listener. Russell Baillie works as a arts & entertainment editor with New Zealand Listener, based in Auckland. Russell Baillie is arts & entertainment editor at New Zealand Listener, based in Auckland. Virtual Publicist does not yet have enough specific music-coverage evidence to place this profile in a genre or opportunity Collection. The topics that recur across their output are Are Media, Art History, Artists, Arts and Auckland, which is what makes them relevant to artists working in those areas. That work appears through Local News, News and Tv Guide, so material should be prepared in a form those formats can actually use. Reach concentrates on Local and Oceania, which matters when timing a release or a tour announcement. Role: Arts & Entertainment Editor. Works at: New Zealand Listener. Based in: Auckland, New Zealand, Oceania. Campaign types: Press Feature. Lead with the story, not a generic introduction.Keep the email short and say in the first two lines why the subject fits Russell's local news coverage and the Local market. Attach nothing on the first email — link the music and one page of context. Everything on this page comes from public professional sources and is re-checked when the record changes; no private details are published.
- Role
- Arts & Entertainment Editor
- Works at
- New Zealand Listener
- Based in
- Auckland, New Zealand, Oceania
- Campaign types
- Press Feature
- Territories
- New Zealand, Oceania
- Languages
- English
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About Russell Baillie
Russell Baillie works as arts & entertainment editor and covers Are Media, Art History, Artists and Arts. Pitches that sit clearly inside that coverage are the ones worth sending.
Russell Baillie is based in Auckland, New Zealand, Oceania. Location matters for timing, local angles and which releases are realistically relevant.
A professional contact route for Russell is stored in Virtual Publicist and available to members. Contact details are never published openly on this page.
Lead with the story, not a generic introduction.Keep the email short and say in the first two lines why the subject fits Russell's local news coverage and the Local market. Attach nothing on the first email — link the music and one page of context.
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