When a crisis hits, suddenly, the story that you are working on can seem trivial. You can be almost embarrassed to talk about anything else, particularly if you’re working on lighter subjects like beauty or fashion. Should you delay that shout-out for case studies online or that pitch to a new editor?
The fact is that while there have been dozens of pages in newspapers and magazines on what is going on in times of crisis (think Ukraine, for example), there are still feature pages that need to be filled. Many specialist magazines will barely mention what is going on as it isn’t relevant to them.
So you don’t need to feel bad about continuing to work as normal, just as people in other jobs and professions will; you should too.
