Every Saturday morning, we invite a publishing pro to put together their top media links. This week’s guest editor is Joanna Cummings.

Joanna Cummings is a magazine editor at the craft specialists Practical Publishing, based in the North West. She used to work for life sciences publisher Texere, but swapped cannabis for crochet, and now focuses on content strategies which connect with audiences while supporting commercial gains. 

You can find Jo on Twitter and LinkedIn.

Jo says:

"Quite diversity heavy, this roundup, but I’m not apologising. We need to keep plugging away at these things, especially in an industry as overwhelmingly white, male and middle class as mag publishing!

If that’s all a bit heavy for you on a Saturday morning, Argos and the Mr Frosty machine get a look-in too."

Subscription boxes: How to make ecommerce a steady revenue stream — www.fipp.com

I’m a fan of the subscription box (especially if there’s some yarn in there), and in lockdown they’ve become a godsend for consumers and an encouraging source of revenue stream for some publishers. This FIPP report gives some great tips for those tempted to go down the membership box route.

8 black women journalists on reporting police brutality — www.glamour.com

We don’t always consider how reporting on large-scale social upheaval or pressing societal issues may impact on journalists – especially when it has significant meaning for them on a personal level. This honest and at times, heart-breaking account from several Black women journalists is a must-read for anyone in publishing trying to navigate the anti-racist world.

Eliza Clark: 'I'm from Newcastle and working class. To publishers, I'm diverse' — www.theguardian.com

As a Lancastrian who moved to London in her late teens – and was once asked in a lecture how it felt to be a “different class to everyone else” – this struck a chord. It’s a great reminder that diversity in publishing needs to go beyond the inclusion of white girls under 30 who use glottal stops. Plus the book sounds very funny.

Bookshop Heroes — www.thebookseller.com

I used to work in a bookshop in Piccadilly and it’s been great to hear lockdown has increased the affection people have for their local bookshops and booksellers. The Bookseller’s inaugural Bookshop Heroes list celebrates these worthy individuals. “There is nothing quite like a knowledgeable bookseller championing the latest book that has fired up their enthusiasm”

Expletive not deleted — debuk.wordpress.com

Many of you will have seen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s impassioned speech about derogatory language used against her by Congressman Ted Yoho. Linguist Deborah Cameron drills down into the words he used to explain how this tells a deeper story “of language and power”.

The Great Divide: Did your parents buy you a Mr Frosty machine? — graziadaily.co.uk

The news that Argos is no longer publishing its “laminated book of dreams” has opened up old wounds from Christmases past. But if you too never got a Mr Frosty machine from Santa, this piece might make you feel slightly better.

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