Be Prepared and Know Your Industry with Bustle Deputy Entertainment Editor Samantha Rollins

Welcome to Candid with Carrie! 

RANTS

1:42 - Carrie gives some content updates, including her convoluted thoughts about Emily in Paris season two (Netflix), how she feels now that she's watched the entire Matrix trilogy and the new Matrix Resurrections movie (HBO Max), thoughts on Will Smith's memoir, Will, and initial thoughts about Clayton as the new Bachelor. 

TRENDING TOPICS

10:01 - Bob Saget dead at age 65

12:14 - Kate Middleton celebrates her 40th birthday with stunning portraits

13:57 - HBO Max pulls Chris Noth from And Just Like That... Finale

17:21 - The BlackBerry has officially died. 

INTERVIEW

20:44 - Carrie welcomes Bustle Deputy Entertainment Editor, Samantha Rollins, to the show! 

Samantha tells us about growing up on Long Island, her early interest in writing, and her first internship in high school at a small publication called The Long Islander. Carrie is curious about Samantha's time in college at Northwestern and her experience at the very prestigious Medill School of Journalism. Samantha tells us about getting a gig at the New York Times in the clerical department before taking a job doing hard news with The Week, and how she leveraged her experience in news to transition to a job in entertainment news at Bustle. Carrie is curious about how Samantha shifted her factual news writing to more voice and personality focused writing in the entertainment space. C and S discuss how journalism has changed and how they think it will continue to change. Samantha tells us what her dream job is, what she's looking forward to watching this winter, and her advice for others wanting to get into writing for digital publications and online magazines. 

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