When journalists team up with university researchers, only good things can come of it. With scale and structure, this type of collaboration can solve many, if not all, of the woes both journalism and academia are faced with.
The podcast discusses how the media coped with the crisis triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic: Innovations in journalism allowed media outlets to survive.
Radio in Africa is rapidly moving to a multi-platform, digital world, but the old terrestrial broadcast remains strong. Radio has strengthened during the Covid-19 lockdown, being increasingly used as a medium that facilitates homeschooling.
Financial challenges are not uncommon for news organizations in Kazakhstan. Many rely on government funding, which jeopardizes their editorial independence. Vlast, an online platform, found a better solution.
As the Covid-19 pandemic and the ensuing lockdown disrupted media operations in Nepal, a local journalist moved his television talk-show online. An audience of 300,000 people soon followed.