Isabelle Roughol

Journalist, podcaster, media consultant, historian. Telling stories & building better newsrooms. Ex- LinkedIn News, Le Figaro, The Guardian, The Cambodia Daily. 🎓 Mizzou '08, Birkbeck '25.

One wounds you, the other saves you

One wounds you, the other saves you

Writing is summoning the courage to walk naked down the street, and this man pointed at my belly fat and said: “This doesn’t belong here.”

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Borderline
Your grief isn't lesser because others suffer more

Your grief isn't lesser because others suffer more

Mourning a normal life when we have it good

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Notes from a locked down country

Notes from a locked down country

Despair and solace in complete isolation

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
The must-have skill in a global job

The must-have skill in a global job

If you find yourself in charge of a team and product’s global expansion, language will be your most powerful tool.

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Women who should have been in your history books: Marie de France (fl. 1160-1215)

Women who should have been in your history books: Marie de France (fl. 1160-1215)

I was well into adulthood when I realised that I had only been exposed to half of history. My textbooks were full of great men, despicable men, many in between, but few women. Once you took out the queens, there were hardly any left. To rebalance my education, I started

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
American is not a default setting (or how to build truly global products)

American is not a default setting (or how to build truly global products)

Lessons learned from 7 years running a global team, part 1

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
The Lede
Whatever I have to teach, I have twice as much to learn

Whatever I have to teach, I have twice as much to learn

How do you make up for an apprenticeship cut short?

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Essays
The most fascinating business story of 2020 (and other predictions from Scott Galloway)

The most fascinating business story of 2020 (and other predictions from Scott Galloway)

"Netflix used to be the only game in town and now all of a sudden it's the Olympics."

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol