Lucy Blakiston on Social Media as News

This week on Good Influence we're talking about social media as news; communicating effectively with a global audience, the difficulty of separating individuals from their platforms and not being ashamed to admit we care about all sorts of different things. Lucy, from Sh*t You Should Care About, is one of three founders of the popular Instagram account, which has amassed over 3.5 million followers and has branched out into a whole multimedia platform, including a daily newsletter and multiple podcasts. Sh*t You Should Care About keeps subscribers up to date keep subscribers up to date on new and noteworthy events around the world, and has carved out quite a niche by mixing hard news with a strong and proud lean into pop culture, fandom and light-hearted daily polls.If you want to learn more, here's where to find Lucy and her recommendations: Instagram: @shityoushouldcareaboutTwitter: @SYSCAboutNewsletter: shityoushouldcareabout.substack.comWebsite: shityoushouldcareabout.comSomething to read: The Shit You Should Care About Daily NewsletterSomething to watch: Schitt's CreekSomething to listen to: Harry Styles' music / Hard Fork Podcast Get involved and join in the conversation:Follow @gemmastyles @goodinfluencegs and send in your messages and questions to [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Welcome to Good Influence with Gemma Styles!In each informative episode we meet a different guest, who’ll help us pay attention to something we should know about, but maybe don’t. Through relaxed, honest and relatable conversations, we learn together what these good influence guests have to teach us on topics from mental health to media representation, confidence to climate. To ask your own questions in future episodes follow @gemmastyles and @goodinfluencegs Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.