Ep. 22: Building a serious, sustainable media business ft. Ambreen Ali

Ambreen Ali is a tenured and accomplished journalist as well as Founding Editor of Central Desi, a local newsletter focussing on the South Asian community in New Jersey. She joins us for episode 22 of the Creator Spotlight podcast.

Central Desi: centraldesi.beehiiv.com

00:00:00 Ambreen Ali - putting journalism first

00:05:02 Growing a local newsletter

00:14:07 Why being a journalist is difficult 00:22:02 Is society losing its media literacy?

00:28:53 The best and worst of tradition journalism

00:35:26 Why prisoners should be taught journalism

00:39:39 Making a local impact

00:43:26 Not wanting to be a “creator”

00:52:00 Monetizing journalism is hard

00:57:43 Advice to other creators

Intro music produced by J. and Doug Organ