Since July 2020 we've been speaking to people who's work and livelihoods have been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic - some of them in devastating ways, leading to moving testimony about radical change, challenge and renewal needed in the coming months and years. And other people who have had more of a calm, philosophical moment of peace in any otherwise chaotic ratrace - with the forced disruption actually giving them permission to do things they think they should have done long ago. In this episode, we're shining a light on the media, publishing and broadcasting industries and lifting the bonnet on what the pandemic has meant for them. Demand for high quality content, as we all seem to be calling it, has gone through the roof over this past year - with a lot of people stuck at home getting good value for their Netflix and Disney+ subscriptions whilst learning how to crochet. But what is the reality for the creatives and the - in a sense - architects of the content we consume? With TV and film sets shut down for most of the year and print media in freefall - have we been changing any of our habits or expectations around what we want to watch, listen to or read? I get the sense that this has been a fantastic time for podcast hosts and radio makers, YouTubers and amateur bloggers - but who is paying for this, and how do we know what's good? Our special guests answering the same personal and bigger picture questions are: - the brilliantly acerbic TV and radio broadcaster, novelist, comedian and script-writer David Quantick - leading technology journalist and magazine editor Chris Middleton; - TV and film production manager Greg Harris - audio producer and presenter and Director of Chelmsford Community Radio, Michelle Durant. Contributions to this episode were made from various points in the pandemic since April 2020. We wanted to know - both then and now - how they are feeling about all of this, and what happens next. --------- Useful links: https://davidquantick.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Quantick https://chrismiddleton.company/ http://www.chelmsfordcommunityradio.com/ --- For more information on how you can get involved with The Possibility Club – an inclusive community of professionals working out what's next, have a look here > www.thepossibilityclub.org You can also receive Finding Chances, a free weekly letter from Richard Freeman, looking behind-the-scenes at business, culture, community and education by signing-up at findingchances.substack.com/ We'd love to know what you think of this podcast. Please review and share your responses to this podcast on your favourite podcast platform. This is an always possible podcast. The interviewer was Richard Freeman for always possible and the producer was Chris Thorpe-Tracey for Lo Fi Arts.
