Survive and Thrive: The Media Viability Podcast

Should public-interest media be on Social Media? What analytics are actually helpful? Are websites dead? DW's META Lead and Social Media Security Officer Yasmina Al-Gannabi answers the big platform strategy questions.

Esther Kleine and Oliver Linow share insights on how to operate online despite being blocked, monitored and attacked.

From São Paulo’s outskirts, Izabela Moi of Agência Mural shares how local voices revive journalism where it vanished.

Artificial intelligence is rewriting the rules of media in real-time. This episode investigates the promise and peril of AI in media. Our guest: Paul McNally.

Welcome to the new season of "Survive and Thrive," where we delve into the challenges of independent public-interest media in a turbulent era. Tamar Kintsurashvili from Georgia is the first guest.

In this episode, Malek Khadhraoui, executive director of AlKhatt, talks about what it takes to closely interlink journalism and technology and how the Tunisian NGO funds their reporting by selling software. Questions and suggestions: [email protected].

In this special episode for the launch of the Media Viability Manifesto, authors Clare Cook and Laura Moore add a systemic perspective to the discussion about viability. Is everything lost for quality media? Download the manifesto at https://mediaviabilitymanifesto.org. Get in touch at [email protected]&maca=en-podcast_survive_and_thrive-35093-xml-mrss

In this episode, Zahra Nader, founder and editor-in-chief of the award-winning Zan Times, talks about journalism as a form of resistance and the struggle to stay afloat reporting on women and LGBTQI+ people in Afghanistan. For questions and suggestions write to [email protected].

In this episode, the CEO of PumaPodcast talks about the struggle to stay afloat with quality journalism in the highly competitive podcasting market. Get in touch: [email protected]

"The best way to predict the future is to create it," says Zenzele Ndebele. In this episode, the founder of CITE Zimbabwe talks about how to stay afloat while focusing on local communities while embracing generative AI. Get in touch: [email protected]

The Ukrainian journalists behind Nakypilo in Kharkiv have been reporting from the front lines in Russia’s war against Ukraine. Nakypilo’s Development Director Viktor Pichuhin talks about how the team does it. Get in touch: [email protected]

Our 2024 Women’s Month episode of "Survive and Thrive: The Media Viability Podcast" couldn’t feature a more suitable guest: Michelle Nogales is the CEO of Muy Waso, Bolivia’s first feminist online magazine. Get in touch: [email protected].

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: [email protected]

"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: [email protected].

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: [email protected].

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: [email protected].

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: [email protected].

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: [email protected]

Laura Aguirre is a journalist and media manager from El Salvador. She co-founded the feminist media outlet Alharaca. On the Survive and Thrive podcast, she talks about why she thinks feminism has a role in journalism and why she and her team are looking for business models outside El Salvador. Get in touch: [email protected]

Andrii Dikhtiarenko is a Ukrainian journalist, editor, and TV presenter. He owns the online media Realnaya Gazeta which specializes in the situation of the occupied Donbas. On the Survive and Thrive media viability podcast, he spoke about working in wartime, revenue streams and hopes for the future. Get in touch at [email protected].

For episode two, we spoke to Salam Omer, former editor-in-chief and currently a consultant of KirkukNow in Iraq. Launched in 2011, it is the only specialized media platform for citizens in Iraq's disputed territories. On the podcast, he talks about crisis preparedness, the importance of a diverse newsroom, and funding for his organization. Get in touch: [email protected]

In Episode 01, our guest is Iryna Vidanava, the CEO of CityDog, an internet magazine focusing on Minsk, Belarus. It has seen plenty of difficult times and is currently exiled. Vidanava talks about how much CityDog's business model has changed, how serious safety concerns are for her team of journalists, and what her core mission continues to be. Get in touch: [email protected].

DW Akademie invites media managers who have developed innovative and sustainable business models to share their experiences. We'll talk about how they survive in a challenging media landscape and what motivates them. We ask about funding models, best practices and recipes for success, as well as difficulties and bad decisions. Our host is Janelle Dumalaon. [email protected]