Media Masters - Emma Gannon

Published: May 9, 2018, 4 a.m.

Emma Gannon is an author, consultant, broadcaster and podcast presenter. Her first book \u2018Ctrl, Alt, Delete: How I Grew Up Online\u2019 came out in 2016, and the eponymous podcast has featured guests such as Lena Dunham, Gillian Anderson, Elizabeth Gilbert, and Zoella. Her imminent second book \u2018The Multi-Hyphen Method: work less, create more, and design a career that works for you\u2019 has led to her starring in a national advertising campaign for Microsoft which showcases her career, and the \u2018Method\u2019. In this in-depth interview, she talks through how she left the world of stable, regular employment to pursue and monetise her \u201cside hustles\u201d - including growing her now hugely popular and acclaimed podcast; shares tips on how to self-promote online \u201cwithout feeling icky\u201d; and argues that changes in the workplace means increasingly more people will balance a regular job (\u201cto pay the rent\u201d) alongside creatively-fulfilling freelance work too.