BEcky BEamer

Jun 11

“The golden age of journalism is over and there’s no hope… This is nonsense.” This conversation does not deny the crisis in journalism. It widens the frame. Journalism is not only what happens inside shrinking legacy newsrooms in wealthy countries. It is also local reporting, language work, indep...Read more

“The golden age of journalism is over and there’s no hope… This is nonsense.” This conversation does not deny the crisis in journalism. It widens the frame. Journalism is not only what happens inside shrinking legacy newsrooms in wealthy countries. It is also local reporting, language work, independent media, foundation-supported investigations, peace journalism, social movements, public witnessing, and the slow work of finding people who are not already online. We also talk about the material cost of digital culture: smartphones, extraction, e-waste, platform energy, planned obsolescence, sports, greenwashing, and the ecological consequences hidden behind supposedly immaterial media. EP07 — The Critical Witness: What Journalism Must Remember About Labor, Language, and the Planet / Featuring Dr. Toby Miller Full Episode Available NOW! : https://youtu.be/EeXOUz8U61c Show notes, references, guest links, ethical statement, AI usage statement, aviation annotation, and transcript annotations are available via the website below. https://bleepbleepproductions.start.page #MediaInTheMargins #Journalism #MediaStudies #CreatorJournalism #MediaFutures #DigitalMedia #EnvironmentalMedia #CulturalStudies #PublicScholarship #JournalismEducation

May 22

Episode 6 of MEDIA in the MARGINS - TRUST ME... How Journalists Earn Trust from the Public THE TRUST BUILDER: Mollie Muchna World Press Freedom Week 2026 may be over, but we celebrate all year long. This week, Media in the Margins turns to trust: how journalism earns it, loses it, repairs it, an...Read more

Episode 6 of MEDIA in the MARGINS - TRUST ME... How Journalists Earn Trust from the Public THE TRUST BUILDER: Mollie Muchna World Press Freedom Week 2026 may be over, but we celebrate all year long. This week, Media in the Margins turns to trust: how journalism earns it, loses it, repairs it, and makes it visible in public. Mollie Muchna joins me to discuss Trusting News, transparency, corrections, sourcing, ethics, AI disclosure, audience engagement, anti-polarization work, and the credibility signals that help audiences understand why journalism deserves trust and how to recognize it. If audiences no longer automatically trust institutions and more journalists are turning to social media, what does journalism need to make visible about how it works? Watch/listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. https://youtu.be/AXmrNA1I12s Look for Media in the Margins or follow the link in my bio. Show notes, guest links, references, and transparency notes: https://bleepbleepproductions.start.page #MediaInTheMargins #WorldPressFreedomDay #WorldPressFreedomWeek #TrustInMedia #Journalism #CreatorJournalism #MediaLiteracy #AITransparency #IndependentJournalism #PublicKnowledge #TrustingNews @trustingnews

May 22

Episode 6 of MEDIA in the MARGINS - TRUST ME... How Journalists Earn Trust from the Public THE TRUST BUILDER: Mollie Muchna World Press Freedom Week 2026 may be over, but we celebrate all year long. This week, Media in the Margins turns to trust: how journalism earns it, loses it, repairs it, an...Read more

Episode 6 of MEDIA in the MARGINS - TRUST ME... How Journalists Earn Trust from the Public THE TRUST BUILDER: Mollie Muchna World Press Freedom Week 2026 may be over, but we celebrate all year long. This week, Media in the Margins turns to trust: how journalism earns it, loses it, repairs it, and makes it visible in public. Mollie Muchna joins me to discuss Trusting News, transparency, corrections, sourcing, ethics, AI disclosure, audience engagement, anti-polarization work, and the credibility signals that help audiences understand why journalism deserves trust and how to recognize it. If audiences no longer automatically trust institutions and more journalists are turning to social media, what does journalism need to make visible about how it works? Watch/listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. https://youtu.be/AXmrNA1I12s Look for Media in the Margins or follow the link in my bio. Show notes, guest links, references, and transparency notes: https://bleepbleepproductions.start.page #MediaInTheMargins #WorldPressFreedomDay #WorldPressFreedomWeek #TrustInMedia #Journalism #CreatorJournalism #MediaLiteracy #AITransparency #IndependentJournalism #PublicKnowledge #TrustingNews @trustingnews

May 8

JOURNALIST ¨STALKING ICE¨? FULL INTERVIEW — Episode 5 of MEDIA in the MARGINS Raw & Unfiltered THE PRIMARY SOURCE Ford Fischer Documenting Public Life Before Power Frames the Record To close the first week of Season 01 during World Press Freedom Week 2026, I’m joined by Ford Fischer, primary sourc...Read more

JOURNALIST ¨STALKING ICE¨? FULL INTERVIEW — Episode 5 of MEDIA in the MARGINS Raw & Unfiltered THE PRIMARY SOURCE Ford Fischer Documenting Public Life Before Power Frames the Record To close the first week of Season 01 during World Press Freedom Week 2026, I’m joined by Ford Fischer, primary source documentarian and editor-in-chief of News2Share. We discuss raw footage, platform moderation, field safety, licensing, fieldwork, and why independent documentation matters before institutions frame the story for us. Who preserves the public record of what actually happened? Watch/listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. Show notes, guest links, references, and transparency notes: https://bleepbleepproductions.start.page #MediaInTheMargins #WorldPressFreedomDay #PressFreedom #PrimarySourceJournalism #IndependentMedia @news2share Ford Fischer

May 7

The RISE of the Independent Creator Journalist. LIVE NOW — Episode 4 of MEDIA in the MARGINS Shaping Community THE INFRASTRUCTURE BUILDER Liz Kelly Nelson What Independent Journalists Need For World Press Freedom Week 2026, this episode turns from individual creators to the systems they need to su...Read more

The RISE of the Independent Creator Journalist. LIVE NOW — Episode 4 of MEDIA in the MARGINS Shaping Community THE INFRASTRUCTURE BUILDER Liz Kelly Nelson What Independent Journalists Need For World Press Freedom Week 2026, this episode turns from individual creators to the systems they need to survive. Liz Kelly Nelson joins me to discuss Project C, the Independent Journalism Atlas, creator-led journalism, trust, revenue, platform dependency, and the infrastructure gap shaping journalism after the newsroom. If independent journalists are already becoming trusted public information sources, who is building the system that helps them survive... responsibly? Watch/listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. Show notes, guest links, references, and transparency notes: https://bleepbleepproductions.start.page #MediaInTheMargins #WorldPressFreedomDay #IndependentJournalism #CreatorJournalism #MediaFutures @lizkellynelson Project C Independent Journalism Atlas