An interview with Terri White

In the final episode of the series we chat to Terri White the former editor of Empire magazine and Time Out New York, about her first book, Coming Undone. The book is a brutally honest and moving memoir about her breakdown in New York and how her early life experiences shaped where she is today, both professionally and personally. 

Terri is currently a freelance journalist writing for a range of publications and has a column in the Sunday Times. We pick her brains about choosing to go freelance for a better work/ life balance and how journalism today is affected by a lack of class diversity. 

The Author

Terri White 

Twitter: @Terri_White

Instagram: @terrilwhite

Newsletter: White Noise https://terriwhite.substack.com/

Book

Coming Undone https://canongate.co.uk/books/2716-c

Publisher

Cannongate https://canongate.co.uk/

Journalism 

Grazia article about surviving on benefits

https://graziadaily.co.uk/life/real-life/we-must-continue-to-protect-children-in-need/

Big Issue 

https://www.bigissue.com/news/activism/terri-white-no-child-should-know-the-emptiness-and-ache-of-hunger/

Sunday Times column 

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/whos-that-banging-away-at-the-typewriter-look-out-heres-terri-zsks0jtdd

The New Statesman

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/media/2022/06/terri-white-media-response-strikes-working-class-journalists

Empire podcast 

https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/empire-podcast-479-yahya-abdul-mateen-ii-jude-law-farewell-terri-white/

Help to get into journalism

London Film Festival critics mentorship 

https://www2.bfi.org.uk/lff/education/critics-mentorship-programme

The Guardian Scott Trust Bursary

https://theguardianfoundation.org/programmes/scott-trust-bursary

Arts emergency

https://www.arts-emergency.org/ 

Freelancing for Journalists work experience 

https://freelancingforjournalists.com/journalism-work-experience-initiative/