Rachyl Jones

I am a New York City-based journalist obsessed with good food, theater, museums, and books.

I’m currently working as a tech reporter for Semafor, focusing my coverage on the intersection of culture and technology, especially AI, humanoid robots, and quantum computing. Previously, I was a tech reporting fellow at Fortune and a media reporter at the Observer, where I more closely covered social media and television.

I graduated summa cum laude from the University of South Carolina with a Bachelor of Arts in English (with a focus on creative writing), then earned my master’s degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. A Raleigh native, I have called New York home since 2021.

In my free time, you can find me working on several art projects at a time. Currently in the works are an oil painting of Capri, cross-stitch of a nature scene, and a series of collages with photos cut from fashion magazines. I prefer phone calls to texts, I can say the alphabet backwards, and I know a couple dozen digits of pi — just for fun.

Select published works

For Semafor

For Fortune

For the Observer

For myself