I have teamed up with my friends at Media Voices for a monthly column on the creator economy. Each month, I explore the different ways publishers can learn from this thriving part of the media industry.
For many young journalists, a job at the BBC would be one of their ultimate career goals. However, for Sophia Smith Galer it was a step on the road to becoming a successful content creator and freelancer, two titles that seem entirely connected for her. She worked at the BBC for four years and Vice News (RIP) for a further two years before fully stepping out on her own.
This wasn’t quite the leap into the unknown that it might seem to be. When in traditional journalism “I wasn’t necessarily in a workflow that involved a massive team,” she explains. “I almost always was the one-woman production unit.” At the same time, she was making her own content, often not about her journalism.
Read the full column here.