Christine Theophel interviews Sara Benincasa — Emerson graduate, comedian, popular Internet personality, and author of the young adult novel Great and the memoir Agorafabulous!: Dispatches From My Bedroom. Benincasa talks about online writing, the inspiration for her books, traditional publishing versus self-publishing, managing multiple platforms, and dealing with critics and trolls. Check out her Kickstarter, This Tour Is So Gay!

This interview was recorded on April 10, 2014.

Claire Paschal interviews Breanna Locke, a books editorial intern at Wiley-Blackwell and editorial consultant at Vegan Publishers. Working with both big and small publishers, Locke gives her perspective on the unique environments for each, how they can use crowdfunding, where she’d like to end up, and how her Emerson College education prepared her for these roles.

This interview was recorded on April 23, 2014.

Brady Detwiler interviews music journalist and editor Nina Corcoran of DigBoston and WERS on the intersection between music journalism and Web publishing.

This interview was recorded on April 21, 2014.

Hannah Brown of Simmer Magazine interviews Dave Tytell, formerly of America’s Test Kitchen. With so many recipes online for free, why should consumers pay for ATK’s premium services — and how effective is this strategy? Tytell reflects on these matters, as well as successful and failed ventures, during his time at America’s Test Kitchen (2008–2012).

This interview was recorded on April 22, 2014.

Miriam Avila chats with Anjali Prasertong, contributing editor at The Kitchn and founder of Eat Your Greens, about creating a personal blog, bringing humor to food blogging, and the online tools necessary to build an online community.

This interview was recorded on April 21, 2014.

Briana Loewen interviews Chris Brock, manager of digital vendor operations at Constellation Digital Services. E-books are soaring in popularity and sales, yet the process for creating them and the platforms that support their more advanced features stand room for improvement. Brock discusses where the medium can go from here and the skills and resources necessary to get us there.

This interview was recorded on April 18, 2014.

Ashleigh Heaton interviews Sarah Rodriguez, director of network development at Geek and Sundry as well as creator and editor-in-chief of Nerdy But Flirty. As these two geek empires expand, it’s important that they remain connected with their audience and not lose focus of their founding mission. Rodriguez discusses the approaches and tools she uses and the future of media platforms such as YouTube.

This interview was recorded on April 17, 2014.

Ken Gagné and the class of PB403 interviews Lon Seidman, co-founder of the Independent Media Network and LocalOnlineNews.TV and host of CT News Junkie. The democratization of publishing heralded by the Internet has disrupted the traditional model of editor and publisher, giving independent content creators unprecedented opportunity to build their own brands. Seidman discusses how to leverage one’s personality, monetize content, and create unique channels of news and YouTube videos.

This interview was recorded before a live studio audience on March 13, 2014, and is available in both audio and video.

Sev Gorucu interviews Nisreen Galloway, editor-in-chief Simmer Magazine. A student at Emerson College, Galloway has already launched an online magazine with a full staff of writers beneath her. Here, she discusses the resources needed to get a new publication off the ground and how it feels to be in an editorial/management role while still an undergraduate.

This interview was recorded on November 14, 2013.