Isabelle Roughol

Journalist, podcaster, media consultant, public historian. Telling stories & building better newsrooms. 🎓 Mizzou '08, Birkbeck '25.

Women who should have been in your history books: Marie de France (fl. 1160-1215)

Women who should have been in your history books: Marie de France (fl. 1160-1215)

I was well into adulthood when I realised that I had only been exposed to half of history. My textbooks were full of great men, despicable men, many in between, but few women. Once you took out the queens, there were hardly any left. To rebalance my education, I started

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
American is not a default setting (or how to build truly global products)

American is not a default setting (or how to build truly global products)

Lessons learned from 7 years running a global team, part 1

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Product
Whatever I have to teach, I have twice as much to learn

Whatever I have to teach, I have twice as much to learn

How do you make up for an apprenticeship cut short?

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Essays
The most fascinating business story of 2020 (and other predictions from Scott Galloway)

The most fascinating business story of 2020 (and other predictions from Scott Galloway)

"Netflix used to be the only game in town and now all of a sudden it's the Olympics."

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Thank you for the dance

Thank you for the dance

I am leaving LinkedIn, the job and the team I have loved for more than seven years, and treating myself to a time of creative recharge.

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Essays
The real danger of deepfakes

The real danger of deepfakes

It's not about believing a lie; it's about doubting the truth.

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Journalism
What is journalism for?

What is journalism for?

If one in three people avoid the news, that's on us.

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Journalism