#109: Terri White, editor-in-chief, Empire magazine, and author
<p>Rachel and Simon speak with Terri White, editor-in-chief of <em>Empire </em>magazine and author. She began her journalism career working on titles including <em>Woman &amp; Home </em>and <em>Marie Claire </em>before joining the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/apr/22/nuts-magazine-lads-mags-women" target="_blank">launch team of <em>Nuts </em>in 2003</a><em>. </em>In 2010, aged 29, Terri became the editor of ShortList, a men's lifestyle magazine, and moved to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jun/27/terri-white-good-nights-lost-my-phone-bad-nights-lost-my-sanity" target="_blank">New York in 2014 to run </a><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jun/27/terri-white-good-nights-lost-my-phone-bad-nights-lost-my-sanity"><em>Time Out New York</em></a><em>. </em>During that time, Terri's mental health deteriorated and she ended up in a psychiatric ward—an experience she chronicled in <a href="https://canongate.co.uk/books/2716-coming-undone-a-memoir/" target="_blank">her acclaimed recent memoir, “Coming Undone”</a>. We spoke to Terri about her rapid career progression, the challenges of confessional writing and her vision for <em>Empire.</em></p> <p>You can find us online at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.alwaystakenotes.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">alwaystakenotes.com</a>, on Twitter @takenotesalways, and on Facebook at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/alwaystakenotes" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">facebook.com/alwaystakenotes</a>. Our crowdfunding page is&nbsp;<a href="https://www.patreon.com/alwaystakenotes" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">patreon.com/alwaystakenotes</a>. Always Take Notes is presented by Simon Akam and Rachel Lloyd, and produced by Artemis Irvine. Our music is by Jessica Dannheisser and our logo was designed by James Edgar.</p>
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Show Notes
Rachel and Simon speak with Terri White, editor-in-chief of Empire magazine and author. She began her journalism career working on titles including Woman & Home and Marie Claire before joining the launch team of Nuts in 2003. In 2010, aged 29, Terri became the editor of ShortList, a men's lifestyle magazine, and moved to New York in 2014 to run Time Out New York. During that time, Terri's mental health deteriorated and she ended up in a psychiatric ward—an experience she chronicled in her acclaimed recent memoir, “Coming Undone”. We spoke to Terri about her rapid career progression, the challenges of confessional writing and her vision for Empire.
You can find us online at alwaystakenotes.com, on Twitter @takenotesalways, and on Facebook at facebook.com/alwaystakenotes. Our crowdfunding page is patreon.com/alwaystakenotes. Always Take Notes is presented by Simon Akam and Rachel Lloyd, and produced by Artemis Irvine. Our music is by Jessica Dannheisser and our logo was designed by James Edgar.
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