Running the news desk for a health publication during a pandemic presents plenty of challenges, but Sofia Lind made it look easy, picking up the PPA Award for Unsung Hero in the process. Here, Sofia reflects on the chaos of lockdown and looks ahead to what 2022 has in store for Pulse.

This week, Editor of Digital Spy, Laurence Mozafari talks SEO, social media and where he goes to find inspiration for content.

Having worked alongside the PPA for 20 years, Michael Sturges is the sustainability expert in publishing. An environmental scientist by trade, Michael has worked hard to create the Carbon Calculator to help publishers track the carbon footprint of their print products. This week we spoke to the sustainability consultant about the upcoming Cop 26 conference and what he hopes the next 10 years will look like for a more sustainable future.

Having fallen into a career in publishing by "happy accident", Anna Bassi is now Editorial Director of The Week Junior, a transatlantic success story that incorporates the weekly magazine and digital edition, sister title TWJ Science+Nature, two podcasts as well as annuals and puzzle books. Here she talks about children's wellbeing, the joy of reading and subscriptions success.

In this special What'sOnYourRadar, we are delighted to hear from the incoming CEO of the PPA, Sajeeda Merali.

Readly brings together thousands of magazines in a single all-you-can read subscription. In this week’s Under The Radar, Global Partnerships Director Rob Hanlon talks about the platform's efforts to reach new readers and the importance of finding brands that fit.

We spoke with Content Producer at the Beano comic, about what they have done for children over lockdown, why their subscriptions strategy has been so successful and the importance of innovation within magazine businesses to keep in line with consumer trends.

We spoke with Vogue's Communications Director about the recent Billie Eilish cover that went viral, the highlight of her career and the importance of measuring the impact of a campaign.

As editorial teams become more remote, we inevitably are looking to technology to solve the challenges that this brings. We spoke with Dan Reeves, Co Founder of the TRUE 212 platform which has recently launched LOYAL AI, an AI-driven journalism tool to help solve this problem and assist journalists in their workflow. Read the full interview to hear about how you effectively use LOYAL as both a journalist and publisher and the power of technology and digital transformation to deliver publishers the ability to do what they do best: create fantastic content and editorial.

We spoke with Head of Optimisation at Daydot about her career, the benefits of being subscription-first and how Artificial Intelligence is the next big thing on her radar.

"At Grazia we've always started with the reader. We consistently look to the audience insight and we've always aimed to be "inside her head." Lauren Holleyoake, publisher of Grazia, has worked on the magazine for the nearly a decade and has invaluable insight into what makes one of the UK's most famous women's magazine brands tick.

Monique charts us through the lifecycle of her events portfolio over the last year, how hybrid events have evolved and what we should expect from the new hybrid format. Through a number of case studies Monique highlights a key realisation event organisers have had: "that there is a far bigger audience out there than they had imagined." As a result, "a whole new space has opened up for online meetings and events" and the potential to reach new communities, build on these relationships and keep the energy going all year round, not just at a physical event once a year.

Nikki Clare describes the rollercoaster of change the Hearst events portfolio has gone through over the last year and how audience expectations have now changed to become more accepting of flexible formats such as speakers dialling in. What is important to remember however is that one shouldn't host hybrid for the sake of it. "There must be a clear purpose and benefit to it."

"When nobody minds that you are getting it wrong, you end up innovating and doing a shed load right." This is how Jackie Scully, Executive Director of Think Publishing and B2B lead in their recent Re:member report, summarised the positive outcomes of the pandemic. "In the last year... we didn't have the time to waste and we moved into a world where agility and lack of perfectionism was celebrated." Jackie spoke to us following the release of the Re:member report about the main findings, what surprised her most and the importance of focusing on the members of the future.