Ciar Byrne talks to Esther Newman, editor of Women's Running, about why editing Women’s Running is a “massive responsibility and a huge privilege”, why ‘production’ is a great starting place for editors, why achieving publishing success is much harder for women, why her title is all about kindness and support and not losing five pounds (“we’re not telling women that they look wrong”), her views on the “poisonous messaging” women are often exposed to and why her aim is to “make sure every woman feels great”, why improving inclusion and diversity is so important (“you don’t need to be a particular type of woman to run”), why the print magazine is the bedrock, but web and social is where the excitement is, how Covid has proved a “tough but good learning curve”, how the Women’s Running podcast series (“my little baby”) came about and much more…

(This interview was recorded on 15th December.)

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