Thomas Seymat | ARTE
Season 3, Episode 3, Jun 24, 10:47 AM
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:
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.
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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