Stories, ideas, and perspectives to spark your next creative move. Be Inspired features profiles, essays, and thought pieces that celebrate the work of media and creative professionals and remind you why you got into the industry in the first place.
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How a breakout hit became a metaphor for Hollywood’s creative collapse
The final episode of Stranger Things finally dropped last week, the highly anticipated movie-length episode, crashing Netflix’s servers while crushing the hopes that the wait would be worth it. Early reviews seem pretty much mixed,…
Matt Charney
Edward Hertzman founded Sourcing Journal, sold it to Penske Media, got promoted to EVP of all Fairchild Media titles, and left to do it all over again with Athletech News. His framework for launching B2B…
Miles Jennings
There is no single path into media. That's the first thing you learn when you talk to enough people who've made it. One future TV anchor drove across the country in her mom's car, sleeping…
Miles Jennings
Most employees think they know the basics of illegal or unjust termination. For example, being fired because you’re a person of color, a woman, a Muslim, or a Nazi is illegal, right? Wrong. One of…
Amirah Bey
Chief digital officer. Center of excellence. Digital by design. Large companies with entrenched organizational dynamics are struggling to figure out how digital plays into their business models. It's been more than 20 years since the…
Sarah Hofstetter
Aneya Fernando is a web editor at Adweek. Here's how she got her current position, and how she's getting herself ready for the next stage of her career.
Valerie Berrios
In this Q&A interview, Sophie "Lightning" Jamison shares how she went from creating content for fun to landing a Chief TikTok role, along with her tips for job-seeking content creators. 1. Tell us a little…
Jess Focht
Editor's note: This interview was originally published when Elizabeth Graves was editor in chief of Martha Stewart Living at Meredith Corporation. Since then, she's moved on from that role and now works independently as an…
Andrea Williams
Interview originally conducted in 2009 In this article: Quick Facts | Career Overview | Full Interview | FAQs Harvey Levin is the founder, executive producer, and host of TMZ, the celebrity news outlet that transformed…
Diane Clehane
He's been called the "King of Romance" but he rejects the title. People deemed him the "Sexiest Author Alive," yet he's a happily married father of five who is equally faithful to his small, North…
Jeff Rivera