Investment memo: "Journalist at the Financial Review", how news operates

Explore your curiosity w Yolanda Redrup about media, journalism and how news operates in startups, technology and capital markets. 

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TIMESTAMPS

02:00 - Melbourne and swimming

02:32 - Being set on journalism from age 13

04:15 - How you can build your career in journalism

06:09 - Behind the scenes of how an article comes together

09:27 - Inbound, Outbound and reactive news sources

10:46 - Does the first sentence need to be a hook?

13:08 - How much editorial approval does a journalist need?

14:36 - what software is useful for interviews and writing articles?

15:52 - How does street talk differ from tech news?

17:30 - What is the biggest unknown about your role?

19:06 - How to invest and nurture relationships?

20:50 - Being a journalist with an investor approach

21:34 - How do VC’s get their capital raise featured in the AFR?

23:50 - Biggest change having covered tech for 10+ years?

27:44 - How do you keep up your learning of media landscape?

29:15 - What separates a great journalist from the rest?

30:09 - How to decide what news platforms to read?

31:36 - The role of independence in journalism and being neutral?

33:30 - One thing you’d like to learn in the next 6 months?