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.

049 | Michael Rain | What not fitting in can teach you

049 | Michael Rain | What not fitting in can teach you

A conversation with Michael Rain on multiculturalism as a superpower, growing up a Black immigrant in America and why humility is outdated

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Borderline
The burnout crisis is a workload crisis

The burnout crisis is a workload crisis

Hire more, ask for less. That’s where we need to start.

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Essays
The right tools can transform your solo media business. Here's how to pick them.

The right tools can transform your solo media business. Here's how to pick them.

You may not have employees, but you’re still hiring.

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
The Lede
A vintage map of the world with an eraser on top. South America, Africa and South Asia have been erased.

“We don't really mean the world when we say the world.”

And we've stopped even noticing it.

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Isabelle Roughol
Borderline
We don’t need a global news brand. We need a globally literate media.

We don’t need a global news brand. We need a globally literate media.

The Smiths may not be the ones to bring together the world’s news consumers. But should anyone?

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Isabelle Roughol
Essays
Your Borderline reading list and last-minute Christmas gift guide

Your Borderline reading list and last-minute Christmas gift guide

Twelve can't-go-wrong books I recommend for your last-minute presents... or just for yourself.

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Joe Biden campaigned on massive immigration reform. Is he delivering?

Joe Biden campaigned on massive immigration reform. Is he delivering?

The Trump administration upended immigration law and processes. Its legacy is a complex web to untangle, says Susan Cohen.

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Isabelle Roughol
Borderline
048 | Susan J. Cohen | Donald Trump's immigration legacy

048 | Susan J. Cohen | Donald Trump's immigration legacy

Joe Biden campaigned on massive immigration reform. Here's what he's inherited, what he's already changed... and what he still hasn't.

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
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