In episode 37, Gabrielle and Ashley discussed forging your own path in media with independent beauty reporter Darian Symoné Harvin and Huff Post’s senior front page editor, Phil Lewis. Together they discussed where the media industry stands after 2020, what they hope media looks like going forward, how to build an audience, and what it might take to successfully do media your own way today. 

Life Hack: Wethos In Our Words: Newsletters, Patreon, and Independent Media Projects We Love

• Ashley: Freelancing with Tim, All The Many Layers by GG Renee, Permission to Write, Forbes Women
• Gabrielle: Phoebe Lovatt’s Public Library, The Good Trade, The Sociology of Business
• Darian: Deez Links, Homegrown TV
• Phil: The HRD List, Black Women Photographers

Music/Captions: 

• Ashley: “And I’ll never be broke again, struggling, God as my witness.” The Other Side, Jazmine Sullivan 
• Gabrielle: “She’s got the good, good vibes, beauty that I can’t describe.” - Antidote, NAO
• Darian: ”The motivation for me is them telling me what I couldn’t be.” - So Ambitious, Jay Z
• Phil: Said and Done, 21 Savage and Metro Boomin Outro

Follow Phil & Darian. Subscribe to Phil's Newsletter "Per My Last Email" and Darian's Newsletter "Beauty IRL." 

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