Media Uncovered

Apr 15 2024

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From the Public Media Alliance, a podcast which uncovers and provides insights into the world of public interest media. We’ll be asking the biggest questions facing the industry: What are the threats facing trusted, independent media? How can public media remain relevant and best demonstrate their value in the digital age? How do we keep journalists safe? Every month, we’ll be tackling these issues, and speaking to prominent commentators and practitioners about what answers and solutions are out there.

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22 - What's happening to Argentina's public media?

Apr 15 2024 30 mins

On 1 March, Argentina’s new president, Javier Milei, stood up in Congress and announced the closure of Télam, the country’s national news agency. Come Monday morning, Télam’s headquarters were bordered up and guarded by police. No workers were allowed in. So why is Argentina’s public media sector being targeted? What has led to the closure of the news agency, amid further

21 - World Radio Day: How does radio inform, educate, and entertain?

Feb 12 2024 31 mins

To celebrate World Radio Day 2024, our podcast examines this year’s theme: ”Radio: A century informing, educating and entertaining”. While radio has changed perhaps beyond all recognition since its inception, the three fundamental pillars of radio – and particularly public radio – remain as relevant and necessary today as ever. To explore this, we take a look at each pill

20. What obligation does public media have to Indigenous Peoples?

Feb 06 2024 29 mins

With CBC/Radio-Canada publishing their first ever National Indigenous Strategy, we take a look at public media’s role in serving, reflecting and representing Indigenous audiences – both on and off screen. We examine how public media historically have treated, reported on, and engaged with Indigenous communities. We look at current efforts by broadcasters including NITV, RNZ and

19. How are PSM adapting to the digital age?

Nov 28 2023 22 mins

What has the impact of the digital age been on public service media? What challenges has it thrown up? How have public media adapted? What opportunities does increasing digital connectivity throw up for public media entities? In this one-on-one conversation with the Senior Research Associate at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Nic Newman, we explore how the digita

18. What is the value of public media’s language services?

Oct 30 2023 27 mins

Speaking to three public broadcasters from three continents, we explore how public service media provide language services, why they’re so vital, and what difference they make, from the provision of critical lifesaving information, to the upholding of Indigenous cultures and languages. But language services face challenges – particularly when it comes to reaching the audiences,

17. How can we regulate social media?

Aug 28 2023 29 mins

Over the past couple of episodes, we’ve been examining the relationship between public media and social media. In this episode – the final episode of this mini series – we’re asking how can we regulate social media? From news media bargaining codes to the European Media Freedom Act, we explore what’s being considered by legislators around the world, and whether it’s eno

16. Should public media leave social media?

Jul 10 2023 30 mins

Public media’s relationship with social networks is becoming trickier. It’s led us to the point now where some public broadcasters are contemplating leaving social media completely. In the last episode, we ended with this vision, from the Director General of RTBF, Jean-Paul Philippot. In this episode, we dig deeper. Jean-Paul says to leave platforms, they first need to bring au

15. What’s the relationship between public media and social media?

May 29 2023 29 mins

Throughout the past two decades, social media networks have provided opportunities for public media to reach younger audiences and provide fresh content. It’s been a necessary move, as younger audiences increasingly use these sites as a source of news. But recent headlines about two networks in particular – Twitter and TikTok – have shone a spotlight on public media’s relat

14. How can public media manage cyber security threats?

Apr 24 2023 29 mins

How can public service media manage and mitigate the cyber security threats which they now face? These threats – such as phishing, ransomware, or online abuse & harassment – are becoming ever more present and real. And they’re having an ever-greater impact on public service media – both at an organisational and an individual level. The seriousness of the threat has seen the

13. How has streaming changed public media?

Mar 27 2023 30 mins

Video on demand has been around for barely longer than a decade, and yet it’s now impossible to imagine public broadcasting without it… let alone the wider media landscape. Its impact has been huge. In this episode, we look at public broadcasting in a streaming world. How has public service media changed in a changing market to remain competitive, relevant, and valued by their