Cameron Russell x Spacemade

Interrupt Magazine

Interrupt was the first participatory magazine of its kind. A new editor-in-chief and editorial staff took over each issue. By resourcing storytellers, with a focus on youth marginalized and misrepresented by mainstream media, with the assets of a magazine -- office space, editors, graphic designers, photographers, filmmakers, and artists -- we co-created content that delighted, intrigued, and inspired our audience.

The project was born after hundreds of women responded to an open letter Cameron Russell wrote asking, “What would you say if you had access to mass media?” after her TED talk on privilege and access to media went viral . Through this new project, the New York Times reported, Interrupt hopes to "share the press with some women who really are doing fantastic things" -- offering the limelight to people who wouldn't necessarily be offered it otherwise -- and the results, reports CNN, are “changing the conversation.”

Executive Creative Director / Founder: Cameron Russell
Creative Producer: Shae Mermis
Designer: Hannah Assebe

Make These Women Famous

Executive Producer: Cameron Russell
Creative Producer: Shae Mermis
Director: Damani Baker
Photographer: Inez and Vinoodh

The women in this series gathered together in NYC at the United Nations building to lead discussions on climate change acting as representatives from their nations and experts in the field. This was during the world conference on climate change in 2015.