CHARLEY ROSS

Writer and Editor

By Megan Warren-Lister

What is your worst fear as a journalist?

Being rendered irrelevant by automated services like ChatGPT –having my creative ability considered less important than automated content. They can write poems now, it’s mad!

Looking back, what do you think of your fnal project?

I’m super proud of it. It was about women in flm and ways that female directors, cinematographers, and scriptwriters still don’t get the recognition or opportunities their male counterparts do. One of my other articles was on the importance of having more female superheroes in the Marvel universe. Considering. I now write pieces like that, I’m proud of the research I did, the confdence I had, and the case studies I got. During that time you’re experimenting and you’re not sure you’re doing it right, but now I’m in the industry I feel validated.

What is the funniest piece of feedback you’ve had on your work?

How has the world of journalism changed since you left City?

I think geolocation, open source investigations and data visualisations have become much bigger.

What is something you wish someone would have told you about the industry when you frst started? That it’s really hard to get an idea of career progression and see where you’ll go and end up.

I wrote a travel piece and was told my descriptions were really dry. I remember thinking, ‘Even if you think it’s dry, this is not helpful feedback.’ I’ve worked as an editor and given feedback and it’s not helpful to basically insult someone’s work if you want them to change it and make it better. I’d written this piece off the back of a trip I’d taken and it just sullied my memories for a while.