Thomas Seymat | ARTE

Season 3, Episode 3,   Jun 24, 10:47 AM

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Welcome back to the international edition of my podcast Rathhub. Today, I am joined by journalist and innovator Thomas Seymat who just became the Head of Innovation and Digital for News at European public broadcaster ARTE.
I have known Thomas for almost a decade now and met him while he was working as an immersive journalist at euronews in Lyon. Since then, he has been a residential fellow at the prestigious Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism and he's been a teaching professor at several academic institutions in France. 

Some key takeaways:
  • Thomas talks about how his team looks like and where innovation is implemented at ARTE. 
  • We discuss some of the challenges in journalism (spoiler alter: yes, it is trust, yes, it is revenue models but also a lot more) and how innovation can tackle that. 
  • Thomas gives us some great advice for young journalists in the future and what we need to teach them right now. 

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Welcome to the international edition of my podcast Rath Up. I am your host Linda Rath and I interview entrepreneurs who I admire and look up to. I want to know more about their business AND .... What drives them? What inspires them? I believe you need so much more than just talent and skills to be successful in business. So, let's find out what secrets our entrepreneurs will reveal to us. 

If you have any questions or want to share some thoughts, feel free to contact me via Twitter @Lynda420. I am your host Linda Rath and I am looking forward to connecting with you in my next episode.

This episode is brought to you by Media Tech Hub Potsdam. It is one of 12 digital hubs in Germany, initiated by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy – and the only one with a focus on MediaTech. it encompasses a working space, an accelerator and an annual conference and i highly recommend you check it out if you want to start a business and look for networking opportunities. I am an entrepreneur myself and our startup Vragments used to be located at the media tech lab in Potsdam.

Credits:

  • Produced by Linda Rath
  • Photo by Thomas Seymat
  • Photo Linda Rath by Stefan Walter for Causalux Fotos 
  • Podcast Cover by Nicole Koppe
  • Music/Jingles by Mara Niese