In Episode 11, Pedro Solimano talks to Tom Mitchelhill about his journey reporting on crypto, what it takes to be an investigative journalist, media coverage outside the US, journalistic integrity needed in crypto, mainstream media in the age of gen Z, and how misinformation is spread.
"I blame a lot of my initial skepticism on laser-eyed bitcoin maxis"
OUTLINE
- 0:00 Intro
- 2:05 From skepticism to investing and covering crypto
- 7:11 Investigative journalism – I love what Cas Piancey and Bennett Tomlin do at Protos
- 09:16 Reporting about crypto made me better understand the industry
- 11:51 I’m a generalist journalist that loves covering memecoins
- 14:59 Media outlets are focused on US based news while neglecting other regions
- 19:33 Tump’s NFT collections – How crypto became a big political issue
- 20:51 Australia’s crypto regulation is stuck and waiting for the US regulator
- 23:19 It makes a lot of sense for publications to have a bitcoin-only reporter
- 28:24 True investigative journalism requirers a special type of person
- 33:50 Journalistic integrity – Should journalists be part of the crypto ecosystem?
- 39:28 Reporters owning cryptocurrencies which they report on
- 45:09 GenZ don’t read books – The future of mainstream media
- 51:50 Lack of media literacy
- 54:42 Individual reporters and the rise of a post-truth era
- 59:26 The spread of misinformation on Twitter and social media
- 1:06:15 Book recommendations
Podcast Host
Pedro is a Chilean freelance journalist who has been covering the crypto space since 2019. Along with his Latin American finance newsletter called La Cadena, Pedro is currently writing for TheDefiant and has written for Decrypt, Bitcoin Magazine, Finder, Sin Permiso, El Mostrador, and a variety of other publications.
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Telling the stories of the people covering crypto
