About this episode
“It feels like people do have to almost have a second career to support themselves. And it's not clear where the kind of goals or the safe spot is anymore where you can just fully concentrate on that thing”
Rachael Healy is an award winning journalist and the current British Journalism Awards Journalist of the year for Arts and Entertainment.
Rachael is a freelance journalist working predominantly with The Guardian and the i newspapers and we talk about getting articles commissioned, from show reviews through to in-depth investigative reporting.
We also discuss the star rating systems of reviews, building a personal brand as well as her repeated focus in her writing on the financial impact of being an artist including the experience of performers at the fringe
Rachael Links
Rachael’s Best In Class article https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2024/feb/29/woke-tv-comedy-workshops-infuriating-right-wing-press
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ohrhealy
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rachaelhealyjournalist/
Website: http://www.rachaelhealy.co.uk/
British Journalism Awards Winners: https://pressgazette.co.uk/press-gazette-events/british-journalism-awards-winners-2023/
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