Camille Padilla Dalmau is the founding member and editorial/product lead of 9 Millones, a media platform from Puerto Rico that launched during the pandemic. Through 9 Millones, Camille works with journalists, creators and nonprofits to reclaim Puerto Rican narratives. Before launching 9 Millones, Camille was a journalism professor at Universidad del Sagrado Corazón and a communications consultant for local non-profits. She has over a decade of experience in journalism and has worked with publications including NowThis, El Diario, Remezcla, AJ+ and more. She holds a masters in journalism from Columbia University.

We spoke to Camille about the importance of reclaiming narratives, why newsrooms should prioritise the health of their journalists and how solutions journalism can be a service to communities.

You can read Camille's interview transcript in our newsletter at inoldnews.substack.com

HR Venkatesh describes his career path as ‘restless.’ He's had many roles within the journalism industry, from being a reporter, to an anchor, editor and even an entrepreneur. Venkatesh was a founding editor at The Quint, and he’s been a Tow-Knight fellow, ICFJ Fellow and a John S. Knight fellow at Stanford University. He’s now the director of training and research at BOOM FactCheck, a media organisation working against misinformation.

We spoke to Venkatesh about his interest in media literacy and how it relates to misinformation and polarisation. Among many projects, he runs the newsletter Media Buddhi (which has also stemmed into a series of videos, and maybe one day a podcast!).

For more interviews with people in the journalism industry, check out our newsletter: https://inoldnews.substack.com/

Is the quality of videos shot on phones good enough? I could refer to theses and projects to say that they are, but reading or hearing that is not the most effective way for all people. Some of you might like to see the difference for yourself. And that's why we decided to make a podcast, this newsletter and a video to present the argument in favour of using the phone as a primary video camera.

To demonstrate this, we also did a blind camera test (inspired by MKBHD version of this experiment we covered in a previous newsletter). But this test is about video capabilities instead of photo capabilities, so we shot the same video of an interview setup using 4 phones from the last 2 years and a mirrorless camera. You can see the similarities here: inoldnews.com/bct

And if you know which one's shot on which, fill out the quiz to let us know, we'll send you how well you did over the email address you provide. (We used a Nikon Z6 II, iPhone 12 Pro Max, Galaxy Note 20, Pixel 4 and iPhone XR for this experiment.)

101Reporters has been helping freelance journalists across India get their stories placed in national and international publications. After 5 years in the business, the agency is now turning publisher while continuing to work with news organizations across the world. We talk to their News Editor, Hemant Gairola about everything from their process to the realities of freelance. 

Find the full conversation's transcript here: 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1e0mrVroCJicYawV8xncMDDjCj189hKDXd7g5xQ_hNfQ/edit?usp=sharing

Newsletters for freelance journalists: 

https://askingforafriend.substack.com

https://joannalobo.substack.com

One of the biggest frustrations that journalists and creators share is that their work isn't being disseminated to their "audience" — that is, people who have liked and subscribed to their page or channel.  This is the challenge of building an audience o social media. On In Old News, we'll explore how creators and journalists are affected by algorithms, and how they're gaming them. But that's not all. This podcast is all about how information moves across the internet ad beyond. This podcast is brought to you by a team of journalists who have managed the channels of leading publishers around the world. Don't forget to subscribe.