Survive and Thrive: The Media Viability Podcast

Nov 28 2024 18 ep. 37 mins 4
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DW Akademie invites media managers who have developed innovative and sustainable business models to talk about how they survive in a challenging media landscape. We ask about recipes for success, as well as bad decisions.

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How to survive and thrive by meshing journalism and tech

Nov 28 2024 51 mins  
In this episode, Malek Khadhraoui, executive director of AlKhatt, talks about what it takes to closely interlink journalism and technology and how the Tunisian NGO funds their reporting by selling software. Questions and suggestions: [email protected].

How can the Media Viability Manifesto help media survive and thrive?

Oct 24 2024 49 mins  
In this special episode for the launch of the Media Viability Manifesto, authors Clare Cook and Laura Moore add a systemic perspective to the discussion about viability. Is everything lost for quality media? Download the manifesto at https://mediaviabilitymanifesto.org. Get in touch at [email protected]&maca=en-podcast_survive_and_thrive-35093-xml-mrss

Zahra Nader, Zan Times: How to survive and thrive reporting on women in Afghanistan under the Taliban

Sep 26 2024 49 mins  
In this episode, Zahra Nader, founder and editor-in-chief of the award-winning Zan Times, talks about journalism as a form of resistance and the struggle to stay afloat reporting on women and LGBTQI+ people in Afghanistan. For questions and suggestions write to [email protected].

Carl Javier of PumaPodcast: How to survive and thrive as a journalistic podcast project | The Media Viability Podcast S02E06

Sep 05 2024 52 mins  
In this episode, the CEO of PumaPodcast talks about the struggle to stay afloat with quality journalism in the highly competitive podcasting market. Get in touch: [email protected]

Zenzele Ndebele of CITE Zimbabwe: How to survive and thrive by embracing AI | The Media Viability Podcast S02E05

Jun 27 2024 44 mins  
"The best way to predict the future is to create it," says Zenzele Ndebele. In this episode, the founder of CITE Zimbabwe talks about how to stay afloat while focusing on local communities while embracing generative AI. Get in touch: [email protected]

Viktor Pichuhin of Nakypilo, Ukraine: How to survive and thrive reporting from the front lines | The Media Viability Podcast S02E04

May 30 2024 56 mins  
The Ukrainian journalists behind Nakypilo in Kharkiv have been reporting from the front lines in Russia’s war against Ukraine. Nakypilo’s Development Director Viktor Pichuhin talks about how the team does it. Get in touch: [email protected]

Michelle Nogales of Muy Waso, Bolivia: How to survive and thrive as a feminist media outlet | The Media Viability Podcast S02E03

Mar 29 2024 42 mins  
Our 2024 Women’s Month episode of "Survive and Thrive: The Media Viability Podcast" couldn’t feature a more suitable guest: Michelle Nogales is the CEO of Muy Waso, Bolivia’s first feminist online magazine. Get in touch: [email protected].

How to survive and thrive as a media NGO with a systemic focus on youth | The Media Viability Podcast with Abaas Mpindi, CEO of MCI, Uganda

Feb 23 2024 40 mins  
Our second guest of 2024 is Abaas Mpindi, CEO of the Media Challenge Initiative in Uganda. The youth-driven NGO prides itself in training the next generation of journalists – while also running a solutions journalism newsroom. Get in touch: [email protected]

How to survive and thrive during information warfare | The Media Viability Podcast with Sherry Lee of The Reporter, Taiwan

Jan 26 2024 32 mins  
"Survive and Thrive" is back for season two. After wrapping up reporting on the recent presidential elections in the country, Sherry Lee, COO of nonprofit media outlet The Reporter in Taiwan, spoke about how she and her colleagues deal with the threat from China and manage to be economically successful amid a propaganda war. Get in touch: [email protected].

Episode 08: How to survive and thrive with a focus on environmental journalism with Isabela Ponce of GK.city, Ecuador

Nov 24 2023 35 mins  
For the eighth episode of "Survive and Thrive", our guest is Isabela Ponce. She is the co-founder and editorial director GK.city, a media outlet from Ecuador specialized in explanatory long-form journalism. On the podcast, Ponce talks about how GK's focus on women, the environment and accountability intersects in their reporting. Get in touch: [email protected].