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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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.

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