Everyone experiences self-doubt – or as it is often now known: imposter syndrome. The psychological condition affects 70 per cent of the population, and it isn’t limited to people entering a new profession or starting university – it can affect even the most seasoned of professionals.
XCityPlus spoke to three journalists to find out about their experiences with imposter syndrome, and moments in which they overcame it.
It is November 2016, and David Smith is at the New York Hilton hotel for Donald Trump’s election night party. Trademark scarlet caps are displayed in glass cases, like holy relics promising to make America great again.
The evening begins quietly, with few expecting a Trump win. But as the results roll in on giant television screens, excitement bubbles through the gathering crowds.
“Gaffers who claim the winters were harder when they were boys are right,” reads a Time magazine article from 1939. “Weathermen have no doubt that the world at least for the time being is growing warmer.”
The weathermen’s warnings are now a dark ultimatum as climate change threatens the world as we know it.
Martin Rowson is a multi-award-winning cartoonist whose work has appeared in every daily national newspaper. He talks to Celia Lloyd-Jones about the politics, pressure and processes involved in his trade. “Cartoonists are always the first to be sacked,” declares Rowson, cartoonist for The Guardian. “I can’t think why it wouldn’t
XCity+ spoke to two City alumni, James Ball (Magazine 2008) and David Pegg (Investigative 2011), who were part of The Guardian investigation uncovering the HSBC tax scandal.
Becca Challis reviews the book We are Bellingcat: An Intelligence Agency for the People by Eliot Higgins – a starter-kit for ‘armchair journalists’.
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