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| EPISODE 1

Independence

What does it mean to be independent in the world of digital journalism? Does it refer to editorial or financial independence? And can this really be achieved?
03 September 2020
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Created by
Sowt
Inkyfada Podcast
Directing
Rana Daoud
Sound
Tayseer Kabbani
Subtitles
Yasmin Houamed
Illustration
Marwen Ben Mustapha

In the first episode of Indymedia, Rana Daoud talks to three freelance journalists about their perspectives and paths towards independent digital journalism, both financially and editorially.

Diana Moukalled of Daraj, Malek Khadhraoui of Inkyfada and Jonathan Dagher of Megaphone, all work in the field of independent media in Tunisia and Lebanon, working against the steady stream of mainstream media. Their objective is to avoid being subjected to the political pressures that limit both the general freedom of expression and press freedom, and to have full editorial independence. 

For this, Daraj and Inkyfada have developed their own, distinct business models. In both cases, these two media outlets have used donors to finance themselves until they are able to become fully autonomous. Malek Khadhraoui stresses the fact that this funding does not affect the editorial process or topic selection in any way.

In both cases, Daraj and Inkyfada disclose the identity of their financial donors for the sake of complete transparency for their readership. 

  Episode guests, in order of appearance:   

Diana Moukalled, co-founder and editor-in-chief of Daraj

Malek Khadhraoui, co-founder and executive director of inkyfada

Jonathan Dagher, journalist and producer at Megaphone

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Indymedia

A podcasts series documenting the independent media scene* in the Arab world, a collaboration between Sowt and Inkyfada.

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Inkyfada Podcast is the first platform entirely dedicated to original Tunisian podcasts, and was conceived by Inkyfada media in collaboration with the in-house research and development laboratory, InkyLab.
Inkyfada joined the global podcast boom in 2017, when the team produced the first Tunisian audio documentary, diving deep into the belly of the El Kamour struggle taking place in the desert.
Since then, Inkyfada Podcast has produced a wide variety of documentaries, investigations, and podcast series, as well as articles accompanied by music; covering a multitude of contemporary issues in order to offer an immersive and alternative podcast experience.
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