Live – Paulshof, Johannesburg
Work – Craighall Park, Johannesburg
Play – All over the country (and bits of the world, when I can afford it!)
I’m quite an irregularity in the magazine space, I went from digital editor to editor of the whole brand.
It’s been quite a journey. Having quit hard news on radio for the magazine industry a few years back, I’ve moved between a variety of very different publications in Durban, Cape Town and Johannesburg, before finding a very comfortable home at Bona.
African fiction; feminist literature; travelling; food; anything gin-related; Rihanna; flowers; late mornings; perfume; and Atlanta, the series.
The informal and unique ways in which we can share stories and influence culture; helping to redefine concepts of self-worth, beauty and fulfilment.
No such thing, and that’s exactly what I love about it.
Creativity, strategy and an ability to act in the interests of others, not just yourself.
Editors and content creators who have stopped trying to make their readers fit into a specific mould, but rather cater for the different ways in which their readers identify and express themselves.
I’m working on the July and August issues as I type my responses.
The big buzzword is: disruption/disruptors – we’re all looking at ways in which we can change the status quo and innovate. Without this, the industry will die.
I’m constantly saying/asking myself three things:
Weirdly enough, it’s always while I’m driving to and from work. This is strange because I detest driving and am usually in a hurry to get it over with!
I can sew, from pattern-making to the final product.
Definitely a technophile. I worked as a digital editor for a long while and discovered a lot about how print and digital can co-exist. It isn’t the doom and gloom that’s been forecast for print.
Being technophobes as leaders in media is the problem. We can’t capitalise on something we fear or disregard.15. What would we find if we scrolled through your phone?
Focus on your work and let it speak for you. It’s a hard industry, but it’s not quite the hopeless disaster area many of our parents made it out to be.
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*Interviewed by Leigh Andrews.