If you've been enjoying this podcast, you might enjoy my two new podcasts - the History Buff Podcast by Corina Paraschiv, and Philosophy Then and Now by Corina Paraschiv. More episodes to come on this podcast - Different by Design. Until then - enjoy!

Charlie Beckett is a past senior producer and programme editor at BBC News and Current affairs, and current founding director of Polis, the think-tank for research and debate around international journalism and society (London School of Economics). He is currently leading the Polis Journalism and AI research project. He is the author of SuperMediaand Wikileaks: News In The Networked Era. In this episode, he discusses the journalism industry and the future of the field with us.

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In his previous life, Martin both selected the footage and stories that would be available to news reporters to broadcast in Turkey and other regions of the world, as well as ran his own television show, Crossroads. Martin Anthony Huhn, now in Canada and previously editor-in-chief of the English news division), shows us how news is made and discusses broader implications of news for the world. Together, we discuss the role of media, access to information and free press.

Flavius Mihaies, War Journalist, reflects on freedom of press and new technologies, constraints for journalists, journalism as tools for democracy, plurality or views and narratives. Flavius Mihaies is also a consultant for the world bank and volunteers as yoga teacher in refugee camp.

We've spoken about the entire chain from production to distribution of news. What if we could impact citizen engagement and trustworthiness of media through a user's screen? Anthony Landreth discusses a project for interfacing with the news in an evidence-based manner.

Following a report stating younger generations are concerned about the state of the world, host Corina Paraschiv and guest Didier Jean-Francois (smart, erudite and human!) review past human progress around : Wars, Health, Education and Free Time.  In doing so, they show humans have always been met with and overcome challenges throughout history.  Discussions set the stage for Different By Design's upcoming season, covering AI Journalism, blockchain, search engines, cybernetics, genomics, the makers movement, policy and more.  

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Description: A quick history of our past and future, to better design what's ahead with host Corina Paraschiv and guest Didier Jean-Francois (pharma executive, entrepreneur & ex-McKinsey).  Using a techno-optimist approach tinted with some realism, we go back in history to evaluate the current state of the world: Wars, Health, Education and Free Time.  We link these topics to the upcoming interviews with AI Journalism, blockchain, search engines, cybernetics, genomics, the makers movement, policy and more.  The point?  Is that there is a point - despite the difficult year we all came through!

A quick history of our past and future, to better design what's ahead with host Corina Paraschiv and guest Didier Jean-Francois (pharma executive, entrepreneur & ex-McKinsey).  Using a techno-optimist approach tinted with some realism, we go back in history to evaluate the current state of the world: Wars, Health, Education and Free Time.  We link these topics to the upcoming interviews with AI Journalism, blockchain, search engines & cybernetics, and more.  The point?  Is that there is a point despite the difficult year we all came through!