On this (completely fascinating) episode I am joined by former Editor-in-Chief of Cosmopolitan, Womens Well being and Elle, the wonderful Farrah Storr.

As you may hear Farrah imagined that she’d be in magazines all her life however because the media panorama has modified, she’s moved away and now spends her time operating the UK division of Substack the place she additionally publishes her personal very profitable e-newsletter Issues Value Understanding.

Throughout the episode we talk about Farrah’s profession and the place she is now. Now we have a very attention-grabbing dialog about how the position of editor has now shifted (the title not exists at Vogue, as an alternative being referred to as Head of Editorial Content material) and what this implies for the way forward for magazines. We additionally discover what number of former edtors at the moment are self-publishing on Substack and making extra money then they did of their former excessive profile jobs.

This leads us to talk about we cannot solely get the perfect out of Substack as readers but in addition how straightforward it’s to begin one and construct a beautiful neighborhood and probably new profession.

I hope that you just depart this episode as impressed as I’m. Substack actually does look like such a beautiful choice for people who find themselves sick of brief type content material that’s based mostly on annoying algorithms. Who is aware of, you can be incomes sufficient on Substack to allow you to depart your job this time subsequent 12 months!

Take a look at Farrah’s Substack right here
Oh and my very own one The Outspoken is right here