Emily Cleary: Five Things You Need To Thrive & Succeed As A Journalist

There’s a story in everything — When you start out you struggle to find stories, but from a trip to the shops to a day out with the kids, there are news stories everywhere. I was unfortunate enough to contract mumps at the grand old age of 40, but by doing some research into the virus and penning some first-person pieces I carved myself a niche as the go-to commentator and writer on all things mumps, ditto miscarriage. Last year during a cold snap I spotted some icicles that looked like a scene out of Frozen, so I took a photo. Five websites and more than £500 profit later those photos had gone viral.

As a part of our series about “Five Things You Need To Succeed As A Journalist”, we had the pleasure of interviewing journalist Emily Cleary.

Emily Cleary is a veteran news reporter with almost 20 years’ experience in UK and international media. Having interviewed everyone from Tony Blair during his reign…