“Lindsey Tramuta is an excellent guide and a thorough and sensitive observer of and commentator on contemporary France.””
Since becoming a journalist and publishing two books, I have been committed to documenting the people and ideas that are shaping not only Paris, where I have lived since 2006, and the rest of France, but the world.
Whether it’s through highlighting the societal and cultural shifts that inspired a culinary movement in Paris or the technologies propelling sustainable business practices everywhere from San Francisco to Sweden, my goal is for readers to better understand the evolving world and learn about the people and ideas driving the change.
One way I do that is through journalism: I contribute reporting to global publications such as The New York Times, Vice, Fortune, Afar, Condé Nast Traveler, Eater, Vogue, Travel & Leisure, and many others. Another is through books: my first book, The New Paris: the People, Places & Ideas Fueling a Movement, was released Abrams on April 18, 2017 looked at the evolving capital and was not only an Amazon bestseller, it was named one of the top 10 travel books of 2017 by Smithsonian Magazine.
My second book, The New Parisienne: the Women & Ideas Shaping Paris, was released by Abrams on July 7, 2020, and lifts the veil on the mythologized Parisienne. A German edition was released in August 2020 and a French translation by Karine Degliame-O’Keeffe, published by Gallimard, followed in May 2021.
The other way I do this, specifically about life in France, is through The New Paris Podcast, currently in its 5th season. In a country like France, where tradition reigns supreme, even a suggestion of change or newness has often been met with skepticism. I like to think of it as a side dish to my book The New Paris, picking up where the book left off.
Some episodes are light, others are more serious in topic and tone. All include guest experts who help me discuss some of the more timely (and timeless, for better or for worse) issues facing the country — immigration, discrimination, urban development, women’s rights, and more.
Finally, I tell these stories on the ground, too. The New Paris tour is a walking & tasting tour inspired by my books that highlight the people and places that have effected change in the city.
Where else you can see/hear me:
As a frequent commentator on France24, BBC radio, NPR, Monocle Radio, and more.
In the 2021 documentary by Rokhaya Diallo, La Parisienne Démystifiée (The Parisienne Uncovered), which aired on France3, TV5 Monde, and was premiered at Georgetown University in 2022.
Lending my two cents as an expert for other reporting at the WSJ, Vogue, Food & Wine, Vanity Fair, The Washington Post, and the New York Times.