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EPISODE · Feb 13, 2026 · 27 MIN

What makes a podcast a podcast?

from The Media Mentor

This week my guest is Jon Weeks, a freelance podcast producer, presenter and journalist who came to me for CV advice in 2021 and soon landed a job at the Evening Standard producing their daily podcast. Jon talks to me about the move from radio news into podcast, moving from a full-time role to being freelance and how the world of podcast is being transformed and shaken up by video.If you want advice and support about the next career step like Jon did, then mentoring sessions are available via the website.Also on the website are 6 pages of media jobs to browse. There is also a WhatsApp channel for job alerts as I find the listings.If you have any questions about media careers or a story that you would like to share then please get in touch.More details about The Media Mentor can be found here.For all the latest job listings head here.To get alerts on media jobs as they drop follow the MM WhatsApp channel here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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