She's Creative with Claire Hutchison: Recent Episodes
Claire Hutchison
Claire Hutchison interviews women and non-binary people who work in Media or Publishing. Guests discuss their careers and give advice.
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i-D editor Róisín was the Blue Pencil First Novel Award winner of 2020 and has written for the likes of The Atlantic, Vice and the New Statesman.
We chatted about what she looks for in a pitch, her Blue Pencil First Novel Award win and what she has learned throughout her career.
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Welcome to Season 2! Annie, my first guest of the season, is a dating columnist for Vogue and has also written for the likes of Vice and Dazed. Her upcoming memoir Notes on Heartbreak comes out in June 2022.
We chatted about a piece she wrote for Vice that changed her career and led to her getting a dating column and a literary agent, the importance of finding a niche and everything you need to know about her first book.
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Alya is a journalist and author of the bestselling non-fiction book The Greater Freedom: Life as a Middle Eastern Woman Outside the Stereotypes. She is a columnist at Restless and has written for the likes of New York Magazine, The Telegraph and Refinery 29.
She discussed using social media as a tool to get your foot in the door, doing shifts at Grazia and The Debrief, trying your hand at different jobs as a freelancer, her pitching process and how she finds stories, the importance of doing lots of reading, writing a column for Restless Network, building a social media following, her book The Greater Freedom and how it came to fruition, and her newsletter The Greater Conversation.
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Henrie hosts the weekend early breakfast show on Kiss FM and co-hosts the Spotify Studios podcast Who We Be Talks. She also works with No Signal radio and is a Dazed100 winner of 2020.
She discussed how to get started in radio, doing work experience at BBC Radio 1 Xtra, being chosen to host a BBC Radio 1 Christmas show, presenting Who We Be Talks, working as a DJ and voice-over artist, her YouTube project Is Your Area Changing and presenting on Kiss FM.
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Shon has written for the likes of The Guardian, Vice and Dazed and hosts the Call Me Mother podcast. Her upcoming book The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice comes out in September.
She discussed leaving law to do creative work, doing stand-up, presenting content for Novara Media, having a column in Dazed, exhibiting her short films at the Tate Britain 'Queer British Art' exhibition, the value of having a day job while freelancing, writing about pop culture, what to expect from her upcoming book and how she wrote it.
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Megan is a columnist for the New Statesman and has written essays, fiction and reviews for The New York Times, The Sunday Times and The Guardian. Her debut novel, Acts of Desperation, was published last month, becoming a Times bestseller and being named as a book of 2021 by the likes of The Observer and Stylist.
We chatted about writing essays and opinion pieces, doing readings and performances, how she was approached by an agent, how she wrote Acts of Desperation, what it was like to release a book during the pandemic and what she is working on next.
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Zing is an author, journalist, documentary host and podcaster. The Vice UK executive editor is also a BBC Sounds host and author of the Forgotten Women book series. Zing has also written for publications such as Vogue, The Guardian and BuzzFeed.
We chatted about what she has learned from working for Wonderland, Dazed and Vice, how to write for Vice and her top pitching tips, her Forgotten Women series and how she wrote all 4 books in a year while working full-time, podcasting, and side hustles like copywriting and public speaking.
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Naoise was shortlisted for The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year award in 2020. Her debut novel Exciting Times was a Sunday Times bestseller and has been shortlisted for several awards, widely translated and optioned for TV. Exciting Times is out now in paperback and has been longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction. Naoise also writes essays, criticism and features.
We chatted about her writing process, securing an agent, releasing a novel during lockdown, her next book and advice she has for aspiring authors.
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Diyora's writing has been featured in the likes of Vice, Refinery29 and The Independent. She is the First Person Editor at gal-dem magazine and host of the podcast Broccoli Book Club. She runs The Freelance Fraud newsletter and was previously the National Editor of The Tab.
We chatted about learning on the job vs. doing a journalism degree, work burnout, self-worth getting tied in with success, finding the bravery to leave a job that no longer serves you, podcasting with Broccoli Content, convincing editors to commission you, dealing with rejection & career jealousy, and working as an editor at gal-dem!
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Selena is a Newsreader and Bulletin Editor at Clyde 1, part of the Bauer Media group. She has previously worked for Tay FM and freelanced with Kingdom FM. In 2018 she was named Scottish Student Journalist of the Year and Scottish Student Feature Writer of the Year.
We chatted about how she got her foot in the door, how to make a good impression on work experience, what it's like to read live news, the fast-paced nature of radio, reporting during the pandemic and the importance of local news.
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Victoria has two poetry collections: Confessionals and Exiles, published by Speculative Books. She is a poet and spoken word performer and regularly performs across the country.
We chatted about performing at open mic nights and spoken word events, finding funding, writing poetry, getting work published, touring, performance advice, and more!
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Elly is a freelance journalist who has written for Teen Vogue, Bitch Media, Playboy, Refinery 29 and more. The main focus of their writing is social change and justice. They are also represented by literary agency Janklow & Nesbit.
We chatted about making connections with people in the media, the importance of kindness and community in journalism, doing shift work for Teen Vogue and Refinery29, how to pitch, getting represented by a literary agent, their upcoming writing projects, and more!
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Hannah has been creating content since 2011 and has been featured in numerous publications - including Teen Vogue, Refinery 29 and Company. She has 57K Instagram followers and was named Best Fashion Influencer in Cosmopolitan’s 2016 Influencer Awards.
We chatted about how she got started, what it's like to work with brands, the day to day life of an influencer, her experiences of going to events & press trips and how the industry is evolving.
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Joelle is an editor who was selected as one of The Bookseller’s Rising Stars of 2020. She previously worked at UnBound and her own writing has appeared in the likes of Nasty Women, Mind Matters: Part II and Inspirational Idol.
We chatted about how she got her start in publishing after studying Geology, how to secure internships and make your way up the publishing ladder, what it's like to be a Commissioning Editor and how to get an agent/pitch your own book.
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Amy is one of the fastest rising stand-up comedians in the UK, having been named Best Newcomer at the Scottish Comedy Awards in 2019 and one of the top 10 comedians in The List’s Hot 100. She has also been featured on BBC Radio 4’s New Comedy and BBC Scotland’s Breaking the News.
We chatted about how to put on a show at the Fringe, how to land stand-up gigs, what it's like to be a woman in comedy, how much comedians are paid, how to get an agent, and more!
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Katy is the weekday drive-time host at Capital Scotland. She has previously contributed to BBC The Social, worked as a runner and researcher for BBC Scotland’s The Nine and has written for titles such as the The Herald, The Scottish Sun and The Big Issue.
We chatted about how she landed her Capital gig and what her typical working day is like presenting one of the biggest shows on the radio, her experience of interviewing First Minister Nicola Sturgeon on the show, how to use social media to find contacts and stories, producing video content for BBC The Social... and more!
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Moya covers everything from pop culture to politics and has worked for the likes of the BBC, The Independent and Vice. She is now Politics Editor at gal-dem, a publication that shares the perspectives of women and non-binary POC.
We chatted about freelancing tips, why the BBC needs to modernise more effectively, networking and building your portfolio, being booked on shows and more!
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Rubina is the Head of Short Form at ITN Productions and co-creator of the award-winning podcast Brown Girls Do It Too. We chat about how to get your foot in the door in TV, the hierarchy of the industry and why we need to talk more openly about money.
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We chat about how Charlotte signed with Columbia/Sony Music, female representation in the music industry, being picked for Radio 1's Big Weekend in her hometown of Dundee, and how Scottish artists are having a moment.
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We chat about how Mikala started working as a makeup artist, hair stylist & creative director in Glasgow. We also talk about her work as a cartoonist and how she turned her art into a business.
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