Isabelle Roughol

Journalist, podcaster, media consultant, public historian. Telling stories & building better newsrooms. 🎓 Mizzou '08, Birkbeck '25.

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
Thank you for the dance

Thank you for the dance

I am leaving LinkedIn, the job and the team I have loved for more than seven years, and treating myself to a time of creative recharge.

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Essays
The real danger of deepfakes

The real danger of deepfakes

It's not about believing a lie; it's about doubting the truth.

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
The Lede
What is journalism for?

What is journalism for?

If one in three people avoid the news, that's on us.

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol

Good reads to start with

Jiu-jitsuing suffragettes, nuns hard done by and the first women's football match

Who were the French women celebrated in the Olympics opening ceremony?

Newsroom culture shouldn't be an accident

A comic illustration in black and white of a middle-aged white man in business wear yelling and gesturing at his staff.

Let's not mistake a corporate rebrand for a feminist moment

The burnout crisis is a workload crisis

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