Transparency Talks

In this episode, host Winston Mwale speaks with Abby Lehman, co-founder of the global nonprofit organisation Photo Start, about her incredible work empowering various communities.

Abby and her team accomplish this feat by teaching the business and art of photography while incorporating STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) concepts, digital media skills, technical skill development, career exploration, and self-expression and empathy building.

What exactly is the Metaverse?

In this episode, host Winston Mwale asks Serena Stelitano (Metaverse Designer at CCIJ) one of these questions.

Serena, who is also a farmer, returned to pencils and brushes after a decade of working in kitchens, and in this episode she explains more about her love for the Metaverse.

Many journalists avoid data journalism, but Sotiris Sideris (Data Editor at CCIJ and Reporters United, co-founder of AthensLive) sees it as child's play.

In this episode, host Winston Mwale interviews Sotiris about how he got started in data journalism and much more, including how he used data journalism in the story "Mapping Airbnb's Dominance On Athens."

In the first episode of Season 4 of Transparency Talks, Winston Mwale speaks with Abdullahi Murtala, a Humangle media researcher and reporter from Nigeria.

Murtala specialises in conflict reporting, climate and environmental justice, and tracking Nigerian and Lake Chad security trends.

Murtala discusses his journalism journey, as well as how he and colleague Kunle Adebajo approached the story "An encroaching desert intensifies Nigeria's farmer-herder crisis," in collaboration with the CCIJ.

In this special episode, you’ll the stories of the people behind the production of this season’s Transparency Talks: Joshua Vissers; Kyra Steck; and Winston Mwale. Find out how the trio ended up in the exciting world of journalism.

In this episode, Ghanaian journalist Emmanuel Dogbevi talks about how he started journalism three decades ago after initially starting off as a poet without any high school education.

In this episode, Lesiba Machaka, a South African journalist, talks about how he has defied all odds to live out his dream career.

In this episode, Nengi Nelson, a photographer and budding filmmaker from Nigeria, talks about how she ended up becoming a photographer when all along she wanted to be a medical doctor.

In this episode, journalist and researcher, Christina Orieschnig, talks about her love for environmental science and journalism and how this has shaped her career. Christina also talks about her powerful piece Drought of the Sinking Delta.

In this episode, Waterless podcast host and CCIJ stalwart Winston Mwale talks about his childhood passion for reading, how he realized his dream of becoming a journalist and the many roles he has played in his versatile and impactful career.