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Jo Piazza
@jopiazza · Managing Editor, Yahoo Travel
I think great journalists 50 years from now will be able to write a story by blinking their eyes. All kidding aside all journalists now need to think about creating multi-media stories and doing that on your own. You need to be a one man band these days. It is hard, but it is the direction we are going.
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Erik Torenberg
@eriktorenberg · Former Product Hunt
It is my pleasure to introduce Jo Piazza for an AMA at 10am PST. Jo is an award-winning journalist, editor, digital content strategist and author. She is currently the Managing Editor for Yahoo Travel. Her novel with Lucy Sykes, The Knockoff, became an instant international bestseller in May 2015. Ask questions in advance... :)!
Ben Tossell
@bentossell · Community Lead, Product Hunt
Hey Jo :) what's it like working at Yahoo? out of all places, why did you pick working there?
Jacqueline von Tesmar
@jacqvon · Community, Product Hunt ✌️😻
Hey Jo! Great to have you here.
Can you tell us about what inspired you to write this book?
Well Yahoo piqued my interest when they launched a digital travel magazine last April. I came on to help launch it and create a content platform where we could talk about how real people travel. Since then we have grown it to one of the largest travel sites in the world...but more importantly we get to tell amazing stories and inspire people to travel. I hav… See more
The book was inspired by my decade working in the tech industry and by my co-writer Lucy leaving magazines to work in start-ups. Lucy could barely turn on her laptop and she was surrounded by digital wizards. We wanted to tell a story of what it feels like to be a wickedly confident and successful person thrown in the deep end of tech and scared to death bec… See more