Brave New Media podcast
Brave New Media is a podcast featuring journalists and editors from around the world working to remain independent while working in fragile spaces. It explores the challenges faced by the media environment and what needs to happen so that it can become a tool that contributes to the public good. In each episode, a founder of a media outlet will share their experiences and the hardships that they have encountered. The themes range from disinformation to funding and audience engagement. Experts are also included in order to determine what needs to happen to ensure that we construct a healthier media ecosystem. The first three episodes feature pioneers in public interest media from Lebanon, Ukraine, and Paraguay.
The first episode features Daraj, an Arabic-language start-up based in Beirut, one of the most censored media landscapes in the world.
The second episode features the husband-and-wife team behind Zaborona in Ukraine, Roman Stepanovych and Katerina Sergatskova. Staff at this well-known independent online media outlet have had to turn into war reporters almost overnight, documenting atrocities as they live through them, dispelling misinformation and rumours and sharing critical information, even as the rest of the world begins to lose interest. The BBC's Allan Little reflects on their experiences.
In the third episode, Brave New Media heads to Paraguay to hear Jazmin Acuna’s story. Jazmin tells us about the struggles and breakthroughs of El Surti, a digital media platform that she co-founded to challenge the grip of the co-opted mainstream media over Paraguayan communities. El Surti uses striking graphic design to better reach audiences on social media.
Brave New Media is available on Simplecast, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon (all links lead to third-party sites).
Produced by Holy Mountain for BBC Media Action. Brave New Media is part of Protecting Independent Media for Effective Development (PRIMED), a media support consortium led by BBC Media Action.
PRIMED is funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.
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