Sophia Smith Galer - "We need radical transparency from journalists online."

For our fourth episode we’re joined by the digital journalist, content creator and author Sophia Smith Galer. Along with her impressively varied reporting career at the BBC and Vice, Sophia founded her social media consultancy Viralect and has an upcoming book on linguicide. A true expert in all things social media journalism, Sophia discusses the current challenges facing news brands across platforms. With our hosts Freya Shaw and Marine Saint, we also learn about the creation and launch of her brand new video scripting app Sophiana.You’ll hear Sophia urging journalists today to future-proof themselves with a multimedia skill set – tune in to hear how journalism should be catching up with the digital sphere. For more, head to the Women in Journalism website: https://www.womeninjournalism.co.uk/ Produced and edited by Marine Saint and Freya ShawMusic: John Abbot, City Phases, courtesy of Epidemic Sound You can learn more about Sophiana and Sophia’s upcoming book here: https://www.viralect.com/ https://www.womeninjournalism.co.uk/updates/introducing-sophiana-by-sophia-smith-galerhttps://apps.apple.com/gb/app/sophiana-script-video-maker/id6742998989 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.