Background and Journey into Music Writing

Journalist, podcaster and climate communicator Greg Cochrane shares how interviewing ANOHNI changed his life, what it was like editing NME’s website, the joy of being involved in Loud & Quiet magazine plus a little bit about writing for The Guardian, interviewing Lady Gaga for the BBC, and plenty more.

The focus of our conversation is around the importance of understanding the intersection between the climate emergency and culture. “We need more stories about what’s happening” said Greg, in a really moving section of the podcast involving his hopes for the future of journalism. Toward the end, we also touch upon the economics of media and the creative economy as a self-sustaining ecosystem, including a shout out to Novara Media’s subscription model where people are encouraged to donate an hour of their salary.

Related Links

Read Greg’s life-changing interview with ANOHNI

https://www.loudandquiet.com/interview/anohni-hoping-for-a-miracle-cover-feature-interview/ 

Greg’s coverage of Billie Eilish’s recent “solutions focussed” Overheated event can be found here

https://www.nme.com/news/music/overheated-billie-eilish-mother-maggie-baird-interview-london-climate-event-3491598 

Rebecca Solinit on hope in an age of climate boomers is here

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/26/we-cant-afford-to-be-climate-doomers 

Subscribe to the Sounds like a Plan music & climate podcast that Greg co-hosts with Fay Milton (from Savages, co-founder of Music Declares Emergency and new music project Goddess) 

https://linktr.ee/soundslikeaplanpodcast 

Learn more about Greg’s work with Heard - the communications charity who support individuals and organisations to tell better stories on climate. https://heard.org.uk/articles/climate-stories-that-work-turning-awareness-into-action/ 

Listen to Loud & Quiet’s podcast and subscribe to the magazine

https://www.loudandquiet.com/podcasts/ 

Learn more about the Reuters Institute’s Oxford Climate Journalism Network

https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/oxford-climate-journalism-network