What is audience? What does it entail? And is it journalism? At The Business Times one of the fastest growing teams is Audience. BT podcast editor, Claressa Monteiro sits down with BT associate editor for audience, Chan Cheow Pong to find out how roles in the modern newsroom are changing and how both journalists and education providers need to change too.

Synopsis: A monthly podcast conversation inspired by The Business Times column Off The Record, in which editors from the newsrooms of SPH Media, discuss the modern news industry from their insider's perspective.

Highlights of the conversation:

01:04 Criteria for an audience journalist

02:50 Don’t wait for journalism education to change

06:59 The must-haves for a modern newsroom

11:47 Training in generative AI and the like? 

13:20 Building a talent pipeline

Hosted by: Claressa Monteiro (claremb@sph.com.sg)

With Chan Cheow Pong, associate editor (audience), The Business Times

Edited by: Claressa Monteiro & Howie Lim

Recording engineer: Joann Chai Pei Chieh

Editing engineer: Claressa Monteiro

Produced by: BT Podcasts, The Business Times, SPH Media

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