Being a “one woman show” in media: what you need to know
Sat 12 April 2025
14:00
Free
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This panel discussion features strong female journalists who are building massive digital audiences on their own.
Whether you're the female founder of a news company or a female journalist creator self-publishing on social platforms – women face unique challenges in media. How do you navigate them? What are the lessons for other women who want to chart a path for themselves? How to remain confident when the bar for success seems to be set much higher for women?
Most popular news influencers mentioned in research such as the 2024 Reuters Digital News Report are men, which might have something to do with the harassment women still face on the internet or the fact that traditional media is still very male-oriented.
In this panel, we want to highlight a different side of the story and show how much women are already bringing to the table. We also want to give pointers to other women who are thinking about starting a media business in 2025.
Moderated by Patience Chisanga-Mayer.
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Festival Internazionale del Giornalismo
Il Festival Internazionale del Giornalismo di Perugia è un evento annuale che riunisce professionisti dei media, esperti di comunicazione e appassionati di informazione da tutto il mondo. Si svolge nel centro storico di Perugia e offre conferenze, dibattiti, workshop e opportunità di networking sui temi più rilevanti del giornalismo contemporaneo.
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Patience Chisanga-Mayer
Patience Chisanga-Mayer is a Zambian-born, award-winning broadcaster turned international event moderator with over 15 years of experience engaging diverse global audiences. Based in Frankfurt, Germany, she has moderated key events such as the 2023 CIMICON Evolution Europe Conference in Berlin and a World Economic Forum side event discussion in Geneva. Patience is a Toastmasters Distinguished Award recipient and a Mandela Washington Fellow.
Sruthi Gottipati
Sruthi Gottipati is a journalist launching a Gen Z-focused news startup. She was most recently a media executive at Brut overseeing North America and India for the French digital video company. As founding editor of Brut India in 2017, she created the country’s most watched and influential English-language media juggernaut across social platforms from scratch. Sruthi was also an Associate Professor at Sciences Po, Paris. She's previously been awarded fellowships from IWMF and IRP to cover underreported stories from Africa and Latin America. Prior to that, she was a reporter for Thomson Reuters and The New York Times. She holds a Master’s from Columbia Journalism School.
Josephine Karianjahi
Josephine Karianjahi is an EU-based co-founder of Africa Podfest, a women-led, community-focused podcasting company based in Kenya (2019-24). As a media entrepreneur, she uses audio, podcasts, and storytelling to counter persistent negative stereotypes about Africa and Africans and towards a more inclusive world. She holds degrees from Columbia University, Bryn Mawr College and a diploma in Women's Entrepreneurship from EOI Business School (The Break EU Fellowship, 2022).