How he makes $140k+ writing about video games ft. Stephen Totilo

About this episode

Stephen Totilo discusses his career in video game journalism and his transition to independent work.

Stephen Totilo has spent 20 years reporting in the video game industry, working at MTV, Kotaku and Axios. Francis and Stephen discuss his recent transition to independent journalism and how he's built a stable and successful newsletter product, support...

People in this episode

Host: Francis

Guest: Stephen Totilo

Topics covered

• video game journalism
• independent journalism
• newsletter success
• reporting
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• video games
• journalism
• newsletter
• independent
• reporting
• success
• entrepreneurship

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MTV, Kotaku, Axios

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