11 episodes

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.

Survive and Thrive: The Media Viability Podcast DW.COM | Deutsche Welle

    • Business

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.

    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

    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

    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: dw-akademie.surviveandthrive@dw.com

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

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

    "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: dw-akademie.surviveandthrive@dw.com.

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

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

    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: dw-akademie.surviveandthrive@dw.com.

    • 35 min
    Episode 07: How to survive and thrive by amplifying marginalized voices with Said Nazir of the Tribal News Network, Pakistan

    Episode 07: How to survive and thrive by amplifying marginalized voices with Said Nazir of the Tribal News Network, Pakistan

    For the seventh episode of "Survive and Thrive", our guest is Said Nazir. He is the founder and director of Peshawar-based Tribal News Network, or TNN. TNN serves audiences near the Afghan border where people have very limited access to the media. On the podcast, Nazir talks about how TNN stays afloat by amplifying marginalized voices. Get in touch: dw-akademie.surviveandthrive@dw.com.

    • 32 min
    Episode 06: How to survive and thrive by taking journalism out of the newsroom with Diogo Cardoso of Divergente, Portugal

    Episode 06: How to survive and thrive by taking journalism out of the newsroom with Diogo Cardoso of Divergente, Portugal

    For the sixth episode of "Survive and Thrive", our guest is Diogo Cardoso. He is a journalist and director of Divergente from Portugal. The multi-award-winning online magazine specializes in long-form deep-dive reporting. On the podcast, Cardoso talks about how they stay afloat while staying true to their goal of stirring social debate. Get in touch: dw-akademie.surviveandthrive@dw.com.

    • 33 min
    Episode 05: How to survive and thrive by getting to know one’s audience with Imani Henrick of Kings FM, Tanzania

    Episode 05: How to survive and thrive by getting to know one’s audience with Imani Henrick of Kings FM, Tanzania

    Imani Henrick is the station manager of commercial radio station Kings FM in the highlands of southern Tanzania. On the Survive and Thrive podcast, she talks about community outreach and the strong human rights focus of the station. Get in touch: dw-akademie.surviveandthrive@dw.com

    • 32 min

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