The Tab is a site covering youth culture, run by journalists who like being first
Our London head office is staffed with professional journalists, who train student reporters and publish national stories covering news, pop culture, TV, celebs, and many more. For our top student journalists at your university, head to your university Tab site. Meet our staff:
Grace Vielma – Editor-in-Chief
Grace cut her teeth as a student journo, launching The Manchester Tab in 2013. She was hired by the founders as one of the first three Tab employees after graduating. Since then she’s overseen The Tab’s explosion from a handful of university sites into a loud youth media brand.
@gracevielma
Hayley Soen – TV & Culture Editor
Hayley is a journalism graduate from Bournemouth University. Obsessed with all things Netflix and celebrity culture, when not in front of the TV watching true crime, Hayley writes about the latest trends and what people are talking about and desperately Googling every single day.
@hayleysoen
Lydia Venn – Features Editor
Lydia Venn started her career in fashion journalism before joining The Tab in 2019. As Features Editor she covers a variety of topics including sexual assault, mental health, and influencer culture. She headed up our Do Better campaign in January last year and recently released a report on sexual assault in collaboration with campaign group Our Streets Now. She has an encyclopedic knowledge of 00s teen girl movies and the Kardashians. Outside of work she is often found rewatching the Real Housewives and in search of the perfect margarita.
@lydiavenn
Izzy Schifano – Senior Assistant Editor
Izzy joined The Tab after graduating in 2020 and being heavily involved with The Soton Tab at uni. Looking after teams of students across the UK and The Tab’s local uni news coverage, she writes on issues including spiking, student protests, mental health and has a particular interest in LGBTQ+ stories. Izzy spends most of her time on TikTok and covers a broad range of content across popular culture, from trends and 00s nostalgia to Harry Styles.
@izshcifano_
Harrison Brocklehurst – Staff Writer
Harrison started his career as a freelance pop culture journalist writing for VICE, Dazed, and Mixmag before joining The Tab as a Staff Writer in May 2021. Harrison is a music-obsessed RuPaul’s Drag Race superfan, and no one can do a ranking quite like him. When not writing listicles, he can be found watching Buffy or being opinionated on Twitter.
@harrisonjbrock
Georgia Mooney – Staff Writer
Georgia first joined The Tab as part of The Sussex Tab in 2018, and then joined HQ as Staff Writer after finishing university in May 2021. Georgia’s growing obsession with TikTok and YouTube means she often writes about the latest viral trends – and she’s also no stranger to taking a deep dive into internet scandals and influencer dramas.
Danny Shaw – Assistant Editor
Danny joined The Tab after being heavily involved with The Bristol Tab and The Leeds Tab while at uni. He looks after local teams across the UK and writes about mental health, LGBTQ+ issues and popular culture. When he’s not writing, he’s probably watching University Challenge or Waterloo Road.
@dgshaw7799
Sophie Ward – Social Editor
Just after completing a Master’s in Magazine Journalism, Sophie joined The Tab in October 2021 and manages our social media platforms. A TikTok and Instagram connoisseur, she is still not over the Y2k aesthetic and hopes to reincarnate into Paris Hilton in a future life. Lana Del Rey, the Real Housewives of New York and fur coats are what really get her going.
@SophieRoseWard
Hannah Van De Peer – Content Writer
Hannah Van De Peer started out as a freelance journalist after graduating from Anglia Ruskin University, joining The Tab as a Content Writer in 2021. She covers a whole handful of topics, from hun culture and TikTok trends to health news and politics. She’s also responsible for managing The Tab’s branded campaigns, making sure we consistently deliver the highest quality sponsored content.
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