<p>“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”</p>
<p>Rachael Healy is an award winning journalist and the current British Journalism Awards Journalist of the year for Arts and Entertainment.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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</p>
<p><strong>Rachael Links</strong></p>
<p>Rachael’s Best In Class article <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2024/feb/29/woke-tv-comedy-workshops-infuriating-right-wing-press">https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2024/feb/29/woke-tv-comedy-workshops-infuriating-right-wing-press</a> </p>
<p>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ohrhealy">https://twitter.com/ohrhealy</a> </p>
<p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/rachaelhealyjournalist/">https://www.instagram.com/rachaelhealyjournalist/</a> </p>
<p>Website: <a href="http://www.rachaelhealy.co.uk/">http://www.rachaelhealy.co.uk/</a> </p>
<p>British Journalism Awards Winners: <a href="https://pressgazette.co.uk/press-gazette-events/british-journalism-awards-winners-2023/">https://pressgazette.co.uk/press-gazette-events/british-journalism-awards-winners-2023/</a> </p>
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