Press
Podcasts
“The Messy Middle” (Infertile AF, January 2021)
Episode 4: Finding Your Voice Through Life’s Journey with L’Oreal Thompson Payton (Oversharing with Rhonda, November 2020)
Battling Impostor Syndrome and Claiming Your Seat at the Table (ManifestHER, November 2020)
Overcoming Impostor Syndrome (In Bold Company, October 2020)
Episode 23: Impostor Syndrome & Jealousy (Re-Written Podcast, October 2020)
Episode 117: Gaining Visibility Through Your Writing with L’Oreal Thompson Payton (Living Over Existing, June 2020)
Going Behind the Hustle with Career Journalist L’Oreal Thompson Payton (Girl Behind The Hustle, March 2020)
Work + Life + Side-Hustle Balance (Bossed Up, July 2019)
Episode 80: Trusting Your Dopeness with L’Oreal Thompson Payton (Be School Podcast, April 2019)
Episode 92: How to Invest In Your Career (You Wanna Do What?, April 2019)
Episode No. 21 The Big Ask: How L'Oreal Thompson Payton Increased Her Salary by $30,000 (The Sunday Jumpstart Podcast, June 2018)
From JET Mag Editor to PR Girl (Switch Pivot or Quit, December 2017)
A Mission to Empower Women with L’Oreal Thompson Payton (Creative Women’s Co., September 2017)
How to Launch Your Blog, Master Your Side-Hustle & Pivot Your Dream (Support is Sexy, August 2017)
Choosing My Career Over Motherhood (The Council of Feminist Thought, July 2016)
Defining Success on Your Own Terms (Dreams in Drive, May 2016)
Features
14 Black Women Share How They’re Caring for Their Natural Hair During Quarantine (In the Know, May 2020)
I Used My Journalism Skills to Transition into a Career Helping Young Women (The Muse, October 2017)
40+ Bombshell Bloggers You Should Know (HERmovement, November 2016)
How 5 Entrepreneurial Women with Full-Time Jobs Spend Their Day (Creative Smart Girl, September 2016)
Why Social Media is Ruining Your Self-Esteem (SUCCESS magazine, August 2016)
Career Feature (Black Girls Graduate, May 2016)
18 Black Women We Think Are Phenomenal (Mater Mea, March 2016)
How I Got Hired | An Interview with a Successful Sector Switcher (Idealist, October 2015)