Isabelle Roughol

Journalist, podcaster, media consultant, historian. Telling stories & building better newsrooms. Ex- LinkedIn News, Le Figaro, The Guardian, The Cambodia Daily. ๐ŸŽ“ Mizzou '08, Birkbeck '25.

The fire that started a Victorian gender war

The fire that started a Victorian gender war

Paris, 1897. The Bazar de la Charitรฉ blaze killed 118 women and girls. Where were the men?

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Broadly Speaking
Jiu-jitsuing suffragettes, nuns hard done by and the first women's football match

Jiu-jitsuing suffragettes, nuns hard done by and the first women's football match

A women's history guided tour on London's Suffragette line

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Broadly Speaking
Who were the French women celebrated in the Olympics opening ceremony?

Who were the French women celebrated in the Olympics opening ceremony?

Whom we choose to put on a pedestal says a lot about our culture. The world over, public space is still dominated by male imagery.

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Broadly Speaking
A vintage illustration of a human skeleton sat on a rock, its left ankle on its right knee in a stretching position

Meditation apps won't cure workplace stress

Burnout happens when the demands of a job and the resources allocated to it are out of balance. Self-care won't help with that.

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
The Lede
This is journalism's largest exit interview

This is journalism's largest exit interview

27 journalists (for now) on why they stopped working in news

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
The Lede
The management tool too many newsrooms lack

The management tool too many newsrooms lack

A career ladder is a roadmap to promotion.

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
The Lede
Borderline, a podcast for defiant global citizens

Borderline, a podcast for defiant global citizens

Borderline is a (now concluded) podcast with 50+ in-depth interviews exploring lives lived across borders, immigration and globalisation. Guests included Jose Antonio Vargas, Amelia Gentleman, Ian Bremmer, Dina Nayeri, Wade Davis, Qian Julie Wang, Felix Marquardt, Ian Dunt, Geoffrey Cain and many more. Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Borderline
What does a job offer that self-employment does not?

What does a job offer that self-employment does not?

And other thoughts prompted by the Changing Newsrooms 2023 report

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
The Lede