DeJourno Podcast Series is Live!
Our fabulous podcast producer, EurekaJohn, produced an amazing series with the JournoDAO crew and special guests. Crypto Sapiens was a sponsor of this four-part mini-series on journalism, web3 and the various pertinent issues the media industry faces that could possibly be supported or solved through decentralization.
The series was a blast to participate in and we’re so grateful for John’s hard work on this project! So much so, that we’re rolling into 2023 with a JournoDAO Podcast on our roadmap to continue these conversations and explore more relevant topics in our ecosystem through the lens of journalism.
Episode One | Decentralizing Journalism
Taking a decentralized approach to journalism with Keith Axline, Crystal Street, Eric Mack, Nick from Journo DAO, hosted by EurekaJohn.
Episode Two | Platform vs Protocol Web3 Tooling
We dive into web3 tooling for journalists - platform vs. protocol, and how to understand the differences between them. We also look at what tools web3 currently offers for journalists (i.e.: Mirror, Unlock, Orange Protocol, Publish0x, Photure, etc). We finally conclude on Web3 investigation platforms with the assistance of JournoDAO and other top architects in the web3 journalism area. Featuring Keith Axline, Crystal Street, Eric Mack and Spencer and hosted by EurekaJohn.
Episode Three | Combating Censorship
Combating censorship in journalism using web3 with Pub DAO & Decrypt.co’s Reza and JournoDAO’s Spencer, Crystal and Keith, hosted by EurekaJohn. In this episode, we explore various types of censorship and some of the web3 tools to deal with it. Censorship is most commonly thought of as almost a caricature of some prudish authority figure at the top burning books and punishing people for what they say. However, with the advancement of technology, censorship has taken on more subtle approaches such as agenda-setting theory, algorithmic exclusion, and shadow banning. The inner workings of these types of censorship are behind a veil controlled by centralized entities. Not all censorship is terrible; however, it should be a more democratic and transparent process. With web3, we hope to tear down this veil and let this process be transparent to all through decentralization using web3 tools.
Episode Four | Web3 Incentivizing Journalism as a Public Good
In this episode, we focus on funding and journalism as a public good. We start by defining it and later on exploring ad-driven revenue and how it affects the algorithms in journalism. Featuring Eric, Keith, Crystal, Spencer, Humpty Calderon from Crypto Sapiens and hosted by EurekaJohn.
What are some tools we can use to help incentivize journalists to work outside of the ad model? We want to build tools for journalists that are as pure and untainted by financial and business interests as possible, but we can envision ways that some of those tools might be spun out and adapted for non-journalism commercial ventures. We explore how communities can use web3 to build their own decentralized, community-owned, not ad-driven, news outlets. In the long run, we’re interested in experimenting with new business models for journalism and rebuilding communities in news deserts. This is a little more abstract, but we can envision a role for investors to build some of the base layer tools that will enable this process without interfering with the editorial process.