From the Public Media Alliance, a podcast which uncovers and provides insights into the world of public interest media. We’ll be asking the biggest questions facing the industry: What are the threats facing trusted, independent media? How can public media remain relevant and best demonstrate their value in the digital age? How do we keep journalists safe? Every month, we’ll be tackling these issues, and speaking to prominent commentators and practitioners about what answers and solutions are out there.
36. How has gaming become public media's new frontier?
Roblox is a gaming platform that has over 150 million daily users, according to its own data. With over 50 percent of those users under the age of 17, it’s perhaps not a surprise that public media are looking to such a platform as an opportunity to reach an audience group they are otherwise struggling to engage with. But what does such an offering look like?
In this episode, we speak to those who are at the centre of public media’s venture into the gaming sphere. We look at the sort of products that are being designed, from entire universes, to livestream characters. And we look at some of the thornier questions that come with such work, around online safety for young users.
Plus, we consider whether such spaces might ever be an opportunity for news and journalism...
Guests: Wesa Aapro, Yle; Robin Rymemans, Future Media Hubs; Yang Lee, PTS Taiwan. Presenter: Harry Lock. Producer: Charlotte Pion. Music: Rachel Still, Lucas Thompson & Tom Brazier. Additional credit: SRG.
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9 Apr 2026
35. How do public media host major events?
Every year, there’s the major political events that draw the attention… the ones where world leaders from politics, finance, technology – and all the other consequential industries – converge in a single location, to discuss the great geopolitical issues of the day.
Such events are essential news stories for media institutions, ensuring the decisions being made – or sometimes, are not being made – are being conveyed to their audience back home. After all, the decisions made in those corridors of power affect billions of people and the world we live in.
This episode explores what it means to be the host broadcaster, the challenges that come from it, the pressure to get it right, and why it’s a particularly important responsibility for public media.
Guests: Nomsa Chabeli, Group CEO, SABC & Braulio Ribeiro, Director of Engineering and Operations, EBC. Presenter: Harry Lock. Music: Tom Brazier.
17 Dec 2025
34. How can newsrooms support journalists' mental health?
This episode explores the different threats to journalists’ mental wellbeing and dives into the question of how newsroom leaders and news managers are addressing it in their organisations, and what forms of support have been put in place in the last few years.
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