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The paper’s podcast editor reflects on why she leapt into the field and what the medium can bring to newsrooms

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Claressa Monteiro

Claressa Monteiro

Published Mon, May 8, 2023 · 05:59 AM
    • BT's Claressa Monteiro believes that podcasts can complement the information the newsroom delivers.
    • BT's Claressa Monteiro believes that podcasts can complement the information the newsroom delivers. PHOTO: DHANY OSMAN, BT

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    WHEN I announced to my then boss, the general manager of SPH Radio, that I had applied for and landed a role at The Business Times (BT) as their first dedicated podcast editor, I didn’t have a ready answer to his obvious follow-up: why? 

    I could have been flippant and called it a mid-career switch. It was, after all, the big buzz phrase at the time. Or perhaps I could have channelled Dilbert and said something about leveraging synergies. Instead, what I did find myself saying was: A new mountain to climb.

    But why move from a live broadcast environment, with all its excitement and synchronised urgency, to the production of podcasts?

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