Laura Brounstein's resume lists a full gamut of media jobs, ranging from a stint as a producer for the Today show to her time as a PR director for Seventeen magazine, and, most recently, as the entertainment director of Self magazine, which introduced a new, celebrity-driven front-of-the-book page, “Stars get Selfy,” in the October issue.

PRWeek: How has Self changed the way it covers celebrity culture over the last few years?

Laura Brounstein: I think that the culture has changed over the last ...