November 15, 2024

Investigative Journalism Site 'The Fourth's Founder Ian Yee - The First Casualty of War Is the Truth

59 minutes

#media #freespeech #truth

Underrated, unrecognised and near as invisible to the risks involved, but the work of investigative journalists like Merdeka Award winner Ian Yee and his team at The Fourth (as in the Fourth Estate) are critical to a properly functioning democracy.

Almost like watchdogs, these silent heroes keep tabs on society’s criminals, whether they are corrupt public officials, human traffickers or immoral business people, writing stories and producing content on social media that highlight the transgressions committed by these crooks.

(Many thanks to CITYPlus for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded. CITYPlus is Malaysia's first Chinese business radio station, dedicated to delivering in-depth analysis on local and international current affairs, markets, and businesses.)

CONTENTS

00:00:00 - Intro by Chuang

00:02:12 - What Ian is Working On Right Now, Constant Search For Funding

00:04:49 - Why Become an Investigative Journalist?

00:07:33 - Career Rewards: Much More Than Financial Returns

00:11:15 - Saving Lives While Staying Low Profile

00:14:00 - The Risks, Man, The Risks!!!!!

00:18:34 - Malaysia Has Never Had More Press Freedom .. ??

00:20:51 - What Does it Say When Society Rewards Criminals and Penalises Saints .. ?

00:21:26 - Describe the Mind of the Investigative Journalist: What Drives Him/Her?

00:23:04 - Society Has a Plethora of Struggles Between the Forces of Good and Evil

00:25:06 - Work That Is Thankless and Pays Poorly .. Funding Should Also Be Clean, Free of Strings

00:27:38 - How to Support Ian and His Team: https://thefourth.media/subscribe/

00:32:49 - Resonating With Society Doesn’t Always Result In Funding

00:35:03 - A Heart-Rending Story: The Apartment With No Entrance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AQefhTP8zw – But No Resulting Support !

00:37:25 - How To Choose What to Investigate: Prime Considerations?

00:39:06 - Does ‘Life’ Ever Intervene?

00:41:58 - Winning The Merdeka Award: What It Means

00:43:37 - Facebook Is Declining, TikTok and Instagram Are Rising, How to Tell Short Video Stories

00:46:57 - Regional Work in ASEAN, Autocratic Governments, Societal Maturity

00:50:00 - Want to Join Ian Yee?

00:51:12 - What The Next Yen Years Hold for The Fourth and Ian, Goals

00:54:40 - Audience Funding, UNICEF?

00:56:30 - What Are Society’s Biggest Problems?

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A Heart-Rending Story: The Apartment With No Entrance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AQefhTP8zw

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