Essence Gant is living proof that hard work will get you everywhere. She’s now BuzzFeed’s beauty editor, but at the beginning of her writing career, she had the moxie to accept unpaid—but extremely valuable— internships and experiences as she …
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Chatting With Eric Wilson, Fashion News Director for InStyle
By Jamé Jackson
Eric Wilson’s journalism career is only surpassed by his charming demeanor and positive nature. The industry heavyweight is currently InStyle‘s Fashion News Director. Needless to say, he’s the epitome of #CareerGoals. Below, the celebrity and style …
Chatting With Jeannine Morris, Founder of the JM Collective
By Bianca Mendez
Jeannine Morris is a jack of all trades. She’s a freelance writer, an on-air reporter, and, most recently, a self-made branding expert. After years of working in editorial and public relations, Morris was inspired to launch …
Chatting With Morgan McMurrin of J-14
By Amanda Jean Black
Every week Ed interviews magazine editors about what they do and how they got where they are. Join us today as we talk to Morgan McMurrin, the associate editor at tween title, J-14.
What is …
Chatting With Lucia Peters, Associate Lifestyle Editor at Bustle
By Ariana Marini
Lucia Peters originally thought of writing and editing as a backup career. She got her BA in theatre and her MFA in directing, and held positions in stage managing and directing. But a chance internship posting at …
Chatting With Rebecca Traister, author and writer-at-large at New York magazine
By Marisa Dunn
To say Rebecca Traister is busy would be an understatement. She’s a writer-at-large for New York magazine and its website, The Cut and a contributing editor at Elle. Oh, and she recently published her second book, …
Chatting With Leah Wyar Romito, Executive Beauty Director at Cosmopolitan and Seventeen
The beauty maven shares how she scored her coveted role as Cosmo and Seventeen‘s Executive Beauty Director. PLUS, tune in on 4/26 when Leah takes over Ed’s Instagram (@_ed2010) for the day!
How did you get interested …
Chatting With Jaclyn London of the Good Housekeeping Institute
Good Housekeeping Institute’s nutrition director, Jaclyn London, talks about finding her calling as a dietician, how she came to work at GHI, and the foodie trend coming your way in 2016.
Why did you decide to become a dietician?…
Chatting with Sophie Donelson, Editor-in-Chief at House Beautiful
House Beautiful’s editor-in-chief discusses how she combines storytelling and design. Check out her takeover of @_ed2010’s Instagram here.
What is your career backstory?
In brief: I held a series of editing jobs at small magazines (Hamptons Cottages & Gardens, …
Chatting with Courtney Lindstrand, Web Producer at DuJour
DuJour‘s web producer dishes about her love for the digital side of magazines.
What is your career backstory? Did you always want to go into journalism?
Pretty much! I was a magazine junkie growing up. I would devour every …