What Keeps The Defiant Going With Cami Russo

Camila is the founder, CEO, and editor in chief of The Defiant. She is also the author of the seminal book on Ethereum, the Infinite Machine, as well as founder of Des Femmes Magazine and the ACJR Network.

In episode 10, Pedro Solimano and Camila Russo discuss her journey into world known media publication (Bloomberg), the shift she sees in mainstream media, her opinions about ads on different crypto media publications, the role of independent journalists, and adversities in building a leading crypto media company - The Defiant.

Episode chapters:

0:00 intro

1:19 Not taking no for an answer - How is started working for Bloomberg

7:44 The journalistic standards I learned at Bloomberg

11:32 News shouldn't be opinionated - Mainstream media is becoming biased

16:07 I'm very critical of the crypto media

17:56 Conflicts of interests in crypto media outlets

20:16 Crypto wrongdoing gets uncovered - The lack of investigating journalism

24:20 Independent journalists are playing different roles in the media

26:57 What does a good journalist have to have

29:01 The job of journalists and the media is underestimated

31:33 There aren't that many news worthy stories

33:40 Building a media company - Adversities and accomplishments

36:00 Book recommendations

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