#27 - Gabrielle Korn, Editor-In-Chief of NYLON Magazine: Publishing in the Digital Age, Diversity, Choosing Cover Stars, If Content Creators and Magazines Can Work Together, Productivity Hacks, How To Break Into Publishing and Pitching A Magazine
The Dream Bigger Podcast
Siffat Haider
4.8 • 625 Ratings
🗓️ 8 April 2019
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Today, I’m chatting with Gabrielle Korn, the youngest (and arguably, most progressive) Editor-in-Chief of Nylon Magazine. Gabrielle’s leadership was an integral part of taking Nylon from print to fully digital, and she has pushed racial and sexual diversity to be one of the core tenets of the magazine. In short, she’s a trailblazer.
Gabrielle and I talk about everything from breaking into the world of publishing and how to get noticed if you’re just starting out, to pushing diversity and a varied dialogue, to a day in the life of an EIC, to her skincare and wellness routines.
My conversation with Gabrielle was a breath of fresh air, and I wanted to share a quote from her, which is extremely powerful: “We’re strongly anti-racist, which is different from being inclusive because you talk about racism instead of just representing people”.
Whether you’re trying to break into publishing or are interested in diversity in publishing, this is an episode that should not be missed.
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| 0:00.0 | What is up guys and welcome back to the Dream Bigger podcast. If you're new here or if you need a refresher, |
| 0:20.5 | I'm your host SIF and I'm the founder |
| 0:22.3 | of icing and glitter, which is a blog, Instagram page, and YouTube channel. Okay, so I am super |
| 0:28.4 | excited to introduce you to our guest for today, but first, a quick reminder to leave the show |
| 0:33.7 | a review if you enjoy it. It only takes like five seconds and as I thank you, I'm sending |
| 0:38.2 | a beauty goody back to everyone who subscribes and leaves a review. Just send me a screenshot to siphut. |
| 0:43.2 | h.9.9.g.g. Gabriel Korn is the editor-in-chief of Nylon magazine. She also happens to be |
| 0:50.3 | the youngest editor-in-chief of Nylon's history. No big deal. |
| 0:55.1 | Nylon recently took the magazine fully digital, and Gabrielle played a vital role in that |
| 0:59.9 | whole process. Her background is also refreshingly original. She started her career in queer and |
| 1:05.7 | feminist media before moving on to Refinery 29 and finally ending up at Nylon. |
| 1:10.8 | Guys, if you've ever wanted a behind-the the scenes look at what it's like to be an editor |
| 1:15.3 | and lead a publication fearlessly, then this is an episode for you. |
| 1:19.9 | So with that, let's welcome Gabrielle to the Dream Bigger Podcast. |
| 1:26.4 | Okay, Gabrielle, so obviously I stalked you before our interview and you've had quite the career trajectory. |
| 1:32.3 | So to start, I wanted to know about your time in university and how you transitioned into magazines. |
| 1:38.3 | Sure, so I was in an NYU's Gallatin School of Individualized study, mostly because I didn't want to have to take math in college. |
| 1:46.3 | Yeah. |
| 1:47.3 | Struggle. |
| 1:47.9 | Or science. |
| 1:48.8 | So I could pretty much learn about whatever I wanted to, which ended up being a concentration in queer and feminist theory and writing. |
| 1:57.6 | And I was really interested in those two movements and you know what their relevance |
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