Peoples Wagner: Media professionals cannot consume entertainment without evaluating coverage angles
Lindsay Peoples Wagner · How I Built Resilience: Lindsay Peoples Wagner of The Cut · Apr 15, 2021 · at 10:29
Lindsay Peoples Wagner, editor-in-chief of The Cut, explains why media careers drive burnout and make downtime difficult during a discussion with Guy Raz.
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“Especially in media, your brain is constantly on, because even if you're like, let's say, watching a new TV show, For me, it's never just let me enjoy the show. It's like, oh, do we need to cover one of the people in this show? Do we need to write about it? Do we need to critique it? Did we miss this moment? Your mind just continues to go”
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