Join us each month as we go behind-the-scenes exploring stories from journalists operating in conflict zones, emerging democracies, and humanitarian crises as they deliver trustworthy information to communities that need it most.
These conversations are worthy of your time, and we’ll keep them short: A 15-minute interview with 15 minutes for questions.
Check out Previous Recordings of Turn the Mic Around
Flight and Fight: Supporting Exiled Media to Survive and Sustain
Saba Tesfayohannes
ERISAT-Eritrean Satellite Television Co-Founder and Board Chair
The Digital Security Minefield and How to Navigate It
‘Gbenga Sesan
Executive Director of Paradigm Initiative
A Year of War on Ukraine’s Free Press
Oksana Romaniuk, Danylo Mokryk, and Andrii Dikhtiarenko
Ukrainian reporters and media leaders
Dishing The Truth: How Conflict, Climate & COVID-19 Impact Food Systems
Thin Lei Win
Founder of Thin Ink and Myanmar Now
Inoculating Against the Infodemic: How Journalists Counter COVID Myths
Grazielle Alemdral del Rio
Independent Journalist
Journalists in Ukraine: The Latest on the Battle Against Disinformation
Galyna Petrenko
Director, Detector Media, Ukraine
Representation Matters: Increasing Women’s Visibility in the News Media
Zofeen Ebrahim
Independent Journalist
Missing From the Story: News Deserts in American Media
E’Jaaz Mason
Program Director, LEDE New Orleans
Media Viability & the Future of Independent News
Churchill Otieno
Head of Development (Nation.Africa) at Nation Media Group & President of Kenya Editors’ Guild
Helping Journalists Translate Vaccine Science
Dr. Jaya Shreedhar
Doctor-turned-journalist based in Chennai, India
Co-author of “Let’s Talk Vaccines”