The 80's & 90's broadcast news journalism and moving to podcasting with Jim Herlihy.

Jim was one of the first responders to my podcast guest request,
I was interested in the long history in broadcast journalism
stretching back decades, I did have to confirm what a 'stringer'
meant and of course - freelance journalist!


As Jim explains he is not a technical geek so when we got the
podcast interview going he concentrated on the substance of being
an independent journalist getting a news story and how he has
found this new medium in podcasting.


You can find out more by going to anchor.fm/james-herlihy or
free-ebooks.net/crime-mystery-audiobooks/Dirty-Money


Sneak preview Audiogram:
https://share.descript.com/view/FANC4DpZLFA


During the episode we go through some talking points:
Where did you start off, what did you do to get in?
- When did you realise you were destined for broadcast media?
- Was there any flags or paths you followed that stand out
Moving through the industry, how has your skillset
changed? ‘A hark back to the 90’s
and how things change’
- you must have seen it all but what things don’t change in
broadcast media?
- Them times in Latin America as a 80’s stringer - before mass
travel what was it like?
- News has changed radically ‘instant’  - tech, remote
cameras, social media etc
Hindsight is a wonderful thing, what is yours?
- Looking back, what is a measure of success in your career?
- If you could tell your 18 year old self now - what would it be?

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series 2 now to keep tuned in!


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Thanks for listening!


Ben


More info on our guest Jim:


I was in the banking business and had three assignments in
Ecuador, Chile and Mexico over 7 years. My business career gave
me great entrée to local business, government and cultural
circles that played well for my journalist sideline.


Mostly print media - Business Latin America, The Economist and
The Times. But also did local reporting for the BBC in Ecuador
and Chile.


Back Stateside, I used to co-host a current affairs TV show on
San Francisco cable called News Europe during the 1990s.


My debut novel Deceit and Dirty Money is available in print and
electronic form on Amazon.com.  An audio dramatized version
entitled Dirty Money is available/downloadable from
Free-ebooks.net.


Podcasting is the perfect marriage of the written and spoken
word.


Politics, especially in SF and California is another side
passion. I was on the State Central Cttee of the California
Democratic Party for a few years. My podcast encompasses a host
of subjects apart from politics but I would summarize the 98
episodes as current affairs rather than exclusively politics with
a SF and California slant.


It is not a partisan podcast. I stick to factual, researched
posts and I am light on opinion/editorializing. There’s enough of
that all around us. My market niche is independent minded
listeners who want to hear both sides of the argument with a good
dose of verifiable facts. I always cite my sources at the end of
the podcast.