Ep7: Pip Stewart on Creating a Lifestyle Career, and Making Social Media Work for You.

Pip Stewart on Creating a Lifestyle Career, and Making Social Media Work for You. Ever wondered how to become a so-called “influencer”? The secret is storytelling. In this episode, Ash interviews his friend and co-host, Pip Stewart. Pip has cycled halfway around the world, embarked on a world-first kayak journey through the Amazon and survived a flesh-eating parasite. She talks about how she accidentally fell into a career in travel journalism, how one massive adventure changed her life, and why she sees social media as the route to editorial independence. In this episode, discover: Why you need to embrace being shit. If it’s important to get a journalism degree.  Why hustle is key. Why social media is so powerful (and how to avoid its dark side). How Pip got a job as Red Bull’s Adventure Editor. How to get noticed in a crowded media world. How to create a lifestyle career that works for you. Why you should take online relationships offline. How to deal with your ego. How to become an influencer. Links mentioned in this episode: Pip Website https://www.phillippastewart.com  Pip Instagram https://www.instagram.com/pipstewart/  Pip Twitter https://twitter.com/Stewart_Pip  Jo Cantello, Wolfsong media  Journalism and Media Studies Centre, The University of Hong Kong https://jmsc.hku.hk  Elizabeth Gilbert on following your curiosity. Reza Pakravan https://www.rezapakravan.com  Explorers Connect https://www.explorersconnect.com  Ness Knight http://www.nessknight.com  Laura Bingham https://www.laurabingham.org  RedBull.com https://www.redbull.com/gb-en/  Preview app https://thepreviewapp.com Inshot http://www.inshot.com  CutStory. JOIN US ON SOCIAL: We’d love to hear what you think of this week’s The First Mile and if you’ve got any suggestions of topics or people you’d like to hear interviewed. Drop us a line on Instagram @AshBhardwaj and @PipStewart or Twitter @AshBhardwaj and @PipStewart. *Please consider leaving a review if you enjoyed this episode. Thank you! 

Om Podcasten

The First Mile is an immersive travel podcast, bringing you untold stories from the world of adventure. It is presented by Ash Bhardwaj and Pip Stewart — two travel journalists, who are adventurers in their own right — and explores everything from the ethics of cultural tourism, to documenting your journeys and making a living from travel. Ash and Pip navigate this territory with some of the world’s greatest travellers, who reveal how they got their first break in travel writing, planned remote expeditions, or made the switch from a corporate career to a life of adventure. Alongside these in-depth interviews are travel-narrative dispatches: evocative field recordings from Ash and Pip’s adventures, which take the listener along for the ride. New episodes are released weekly, in 10-episode seasons. ****** Season one’s interview guests include: author Monisha Rajesh, explorer Levison Wood, film-maker Reza Pakravan, and travel-writer Leon McCarron. Our dispatches come from Annapurna, Nepal, and Whanganui, New Zealand, where our hosts report back on rites of passage, celestial navigation, the joys of moonshine liquor, and a whole lot more. ****** Ash Bhardwaj is an award-winning broadcaster, film-maker and Telegraph Travel columnist. He regularly reports for BBC Radio 4 and the World Service, and his films have appeared on BBC, Channel 4, Discovery and National Geographic. Pip Stewart has cycled halfway around the world and completed a world-first kayak descent of Guyana’s Essequibo River (where she picked up a flesh-eating parasite). She is the former Red Bull adventure editor, and her presenting work has appeared on BBC, Al Jazeera and The Telegraph. ****** We hope you enjoy The First Mile. Please let us know what you think of it in the comments, and give us a rating, too.