In this episode of the podcast Liz talks to Ali Izzo, a journalist, freelance writer, editor, digital content strategist, podcaster and content creator who's worked in the media for 20 years.   Her speciality or "special interest" as she coins it, is fashion, beauty and health and she's worked on almost every women's magazine you can think of, and now, most recently has taken on the title of Head of Digital Strategy at Are Media who own mastheads like the Australian Women’s Weekly, Marie Claire, Gourmet Traveller, Home Beautiful and Who.  Starting in print at some of Australia's most well known teen and young women's magazines CLEO and DOLLY, Ali was soon tempted by the bright lights of the digital media world and joined Pop Sugar Australia, one of the first digital media outlets to really break into print territory at the time. From there Ali worked at ELLE, Cosmopolitan, Harper’s BAZAAR, JONES, Stellar and Body+Soul in hybrid roles, and also dipped her toes into the world of producing and hosting podcasts with Healthy-ish.    And guess what?  Ali is one of the Guest Experts inside the August Round of the Media Masters Academy!   Make sure to yourself a spot on the waitlist ASAP, so when doors open later this month, you'll get first dibs to access LIVE masterclasses with incredible journalists just like Ali.    Ali will cover all her inside tips and tricks for how to write a successful story pitch, the do's and don't's of pitching women's publications and the difference between digital and print pitching PLUS you can pitch her YOUR story ideas LIVE and get her feedback in real time.