Jane Ridley lived and breathed journalism from babyhood!

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Today’s guest is full of fascinating stories, and I know you’re going to enjoy this podcast!

Jane is a correspondent for Business Insider, who lives just outside New York City and works from home. Originally from the UK, she has worked in the US for 19 years.

Business Insider is an online media outlet that as its name suggests focuses on tech and finance. However, there is a division called Insider Life, which is where Jane works. She focuses on real life; human interest stories, but, because much of the audience of Business Insider are people who are high achievers and go-getters, they are looking for stories that are going to help them through their life and work - stories where they can learn, be inspired or take away a message.

Jane has always wanted to work in journalism, most likely because her dad was a journalist – an editor, in Darlington in the northeast of England. There was never really anything else on her radar. When she finished university, after a short stint working in PR, she got a job in a local newspaper. From there she moved up, and because of having lived with her journalist dad, she knew how the business worked, she moved through several jobs and crossed off the stuff she needed to pass the modules to become a qualified Westminster Press journalist (exactly the same training as me!)

As you’ll hear, Jane has had a fascinating career working in different areas of the country and with different news outlets, including Bella magazine at one point. But as you’ll hear, what she loved most was being there for breaking news; covering stories and events as they happened.

We talk about the time she worked with Piers Morgan – which is extremely interesting – hearing from someone who has worked with him.

Jane talks about the travelling she has done too before she was asked to go and work on a relaunch of the National Inquirer, based in the US. And of course, she jumped at the opportunity.

Jane shares some funny, crazy and sad stories that she’s written about during her career.

I know you’ll be looking forward to her coming on as a guest in the future.

To contact Jane:

Twitter: https://x.com/JaneRidleyNY

Business Insider: https://www.businessinsider.com/ - search Jane Ridley to see everything she’s written!

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