Role: Editor (Contract)

Clients: Refinery29 & Spotify

Project: Good As Hell | Link to show

Description: a podcast series on women in Hip Hop hosted by Lizzo

CREATIVE PROCESS & DECISION MAKING

Refinery29 hired me to do an edit for the Good As Hell podcast in partnership with Spotify. I decided to focus on editing the episode in a way that went deeper into the complex relationship between tough life transitions, vulnerability and one's creative best. What happens when you realize that you do some of your best work when your personal life is at its most dysfunctional? Grappling with that question is something that both the host and guest are transparent about in this conversation. I included a lot of their conversation around that theme and other moments that aligned well with the concept of the show.

The audio was long and needed significant cuts, so I had to make some tough decisions around leaving out certain parts of the conversation. My recommendation to the client was to take some of what was cut out and use that tape in audiovisual clips to share with the audience on social media. 

My favorite part of the conversation is that there aren't too many of the typical questions about what it's like to be a woman in Hip Hop. My suggestion to the lead producer & editor who I worked with was to keep going in that direction with the interview questions. That approach allows a variety of unique experiences to come out more authentically as artists share their stories.