Podcast: the Rachael English and Zara King interview on #HowIDidIt, with expert tips from Louise Campbell

In this era of unprecedented turmoil, with the war in Ukraine, the pandemic, climate change, inflation and soaring house prices, the appetite for news has rarely been stronger. But what’s it like for those at the coalface of news and current affairs broadcasting, reporting on it all?

In this episode of #HowIDidIt, Rachael English, co-host of Morning Ireland, and Zara King, news correspondent with Virgin Media, discuss their approach to working in two of the most high-profile positions in Irish news and current affairs broadcasting.

They also discuss journalism as a vocation, the perils of the job, and their latest projects in podcasting and fiction -- Rachael English’s new bestselling novel The Letter Home is out now, and Zara King has just launched a new podcast called The Group Chat with her Virgin Media colleagues Richard Chambers and Gavan Reilly.

Later in the episode, in our weekly expert slot, Louise Campbell of global recruitment agency Robert Walters offers tips on how to go about asking your employer for a raise. Listen at the link below, or via Apple Podcasts.

#HowIDidIt: the Women in Leadership podcast is sponsored by Glandore: visit their website here.

Listen back to all previous episodes, with Aine Kerr of Kinzen and Mairin Murray of Tech for Good Dublin, Frances Fitzgerald, MEP for Dublin and former tánaiste, Joan Burton, ex-tánaiste, Susan Keogh, communications consultant, Trinity provost Linda Doyle, UCD historian Mary McAuliffe, entrepreneur Leonora O‘Brien, Hazel Chu, former Lord Mayor of Dublin, Minister Catherine Martin and Anne O‘Leary, chief executive of Vodafone Ireland, at the below link.