How are sources chosen in journalism? What makes them more or less reliable? Can I believe in social networks? These are questions that the podcast unprecedented Say the sourcesof media education, seeks to answer. The first episode is available this Friday (31) at website of the national radio and in the vehicle profile on Spotify. Podcasts These are programs recorded in audio and available online.
Partnership between public news agencies Brazil agency and the National radio, the podcast It is the result of the Professional Master of the journalist of Communication Brazil Company (EBC) Mariana Tokarnia, at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), in 2024. The production is divided into six chapters of about 20 minutes each, which will be released on Fridays.
Mariana Tokarnia, creator of podcast – Tânia Rêgo/Agência Brasil
According to Mariana, the goal is to discuss the relevance and daily practice of journalism, in conversations with professionals of different vehicles and profiles, such as Antonio Gois, The globeMara Régia, from National Radio of the AmazonFernanda Lima, from Voice of GuadalupeAriene Susui, from the Roraima Indigenous Communicators Network Wakywaibesides Bruno Fonseca, from Public Agency.
“There is a great ignorance about the daily life of the profession; About how a agenda is defined, how a calculation is made and the report. We watch this in conversations with friends, with family, ”said Mariana, founder and director of the Association of Education Journalists (Jeduca) and a child-friendly journalist by Andi-Communication and Rights. “So, amid so many false news and excessive information, it is important to clarify how we work.”
In the first episode, the podcast explains the scenario of misinformation in Brazil, of false news, deepfakes – Technique that uses artificial intelligence to alter sounds, images and discourses – and the function of media education, which allows, among other things, to develop a posture capable of distinguishing true information from other contents with biases and manipulated or with the intention of confusing and deceive.
“Education is a very powerful way to understand and question the world around us. So, when we put the media to be discussed critically, the way to educate for journalism and make journalism more transparent, ”says Mariaatokarnia. “From then on, it is easier to rely on journalism as an instrument of education and education as a way to contribute to journalism.”
With the series, the Brazil agency and the Radiolar They intend to contribute to a better understanding of journalism in society and strengthen their credibility. “That podcast Demistifies the profession, ”says journalist Beatriz Arcoverde, who coordinated the work.
“We journalists are not the owners of the truth. For journalists to present a report, they devote hours to a chain of tasks, such as finding data, confirming information and listening to specialized sources, for example. ” Another important role is that of editing, correcting and making information clearer to the public.
According to Beatriz, another highlight of the series is to show that journalism can be done in many ways, by different vehicles, such as community journalism and public journalism itself, guided by the public interest and not for profit.
The name of podcast, Say the sourceswas inspired by a journalistic jargon, used when professionals need to protect the origin from information.
Others podcasts journalistic of National radiohow Science: Black women set the tone and Great invisiblecan be downloaded in this website or in the audio players that they usually used. All content is distributed for free.
