“Beta is good connections, happy relationships.”
— Zay Yar Minn,
Than Lwin Khet News
Thanks for coming to Splice Beta 2024 ♥︎
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Splice Beta 2024
“I've learned a lot from Splice Beta... I can get a lot of knowledge and good networking with media people and specialists around the world. As a first-timer, I feel that the event is amazing and very well organised.”
— Theingi Htun
Myanmar Women in Media,
Myanmar
The Beta 2024 speakers
Gluten-forward, crunchy, deep-fried, and really, really good for you 😍
What’s one thing people in media should understand about serving a community?
We asked some Beta first-timers
“A media organisation should know that serving a community is like running a restaurant. You have to watch which dishes get sent back or are never ordered, no matter how much the chef loves them. National politics may be good for a democratic diet, but if the customers want to know about Ponzi schemes, you have to keep them on top of the menu.
Spinach salad cannot beat chili oil noodles.
And customers come back only because they can't find your chili oil anywhere else.”
— Muskan Bansal
International Center for Journalists
Splice Beta is for anyone who is serving audiences in the information space.
We’re talking mavericks, rule-breakers, game changers — people who understand that the best of media happens when we make our audiences seen.
Be Beta. Be tuktuk.
The strongest media businesses understand that people don't buy journalism — they buy ways to solve problems they face, a way to improve their lives, a painkiller, status, to feel important.
Beta is a festival about how to treat your users. The people who actually use your stuff. The ones who pay your bills. Your salaries. The ones who go on to tell everyone how well you treated them. And how you solved their most nagging problems.
Media is in the hospitality business — understanding needs, solving problems, helping people make decisions, creating more meaningful lives. And in doing so, helping our people — our users, stakeholders, viewers, readers — feel seen.
Hospitality is about making people feel seen, heard, acknowledged. That means not treating them like data points on your analytics dashboard. Instead, bring back the unique to that unique user. The best form of hospitality is one size fits one. User-driven, demand-based, highly intentional. And gracious.
Come celebrate this community and its traditions at Splice Beta in November.
Spiffy is the Splice Pay It Forward Fund.
Help someone get to Beta
Plane tickets and hotels are out of reach for a lot of people. Please consider donating to our Beta fund.
Splice Beta helps connect to opportunities for all of us in media — from business models and audiences to grants and jobs. Let’s make sure everyone has a seat at the table.
Priti, Eunice, Yaling, Sherry, Sudhir, Kirsten, Patrick, Maya, Darathtey, Anjali, Nadia, Mattia, Jeyup, Khalil, Tom, Anu, Krystal, Darsh, Hui Yee, Tanmoy, and all of you who wanted to stay anonymous — thank you so much for your kind donations! You make this community truly magical.
This is not a Beta ticket. This is a donation to our fund so that we can help people who can’t afford travel to get to Splice Beta.
What’s one thing people in media should understand about serving a community?
We asked some Beta first-timers
“My news isn’t your news.”
— Patrick Boehler
Gazzetta
What is Splice Beta?
An inclusive and diverse information creator festival in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai.
Beta is the only event in Asia that brings together the information ecosystem. This is the golden age of media. Let us show you what it looks like.
Tuktuk therapy for all.
Splice Beta 2024
“Beta is a wonderful space. It's a small miracle that you created a conference that people are actually excited to attend. There's a real sense of community, and that translates to the intimacy of the conversations at Splice — both in the workshops and discussions, but more importantly in the corridors outside and the red tuk-tuks to and from the venue. Splice felt real.”
— Simon Allison
The Continent
South Africa
What’s one thing people in media should understand about serving a community?
We asked some Beta first-timers
“One crucial aspect that the media should grasp in their mission to serve the community is their potential to become the missing pieces in people's lives.
Each media outlet, driven by its own unique objectives, seeks to connect with audiences. People engage with these communities not only out of curiosity but also because they recognise a space where their aspirations can be nurtured.
By gaining a deeper understanding of the public's desires, preferences, and challenges, media can seamlessly fill the gaps and add meaningful value to their lives.”
— Firda Iskandar
digitalMamaID
Who is Beta for? The global media ecosystem
Media startup founders, creators, tech folks, investors, journalists, media development donors, product managers, media program managers, and academics.
Diversity, inclusivity, and access are a big deal for us.
65.6% of registrants this year had never attended Beta before, came from 48 countries, were 53.3% female, and work at over 133 organisations.
These numbers are not a coincidence: they’re 100% intentionally designed like this with pride. So if we mess up on these stats, hold us accountable.
Many thanks to our sponsors for helping to bring the Splice community together for another year
What’s one thing people in media should understand about serving a community?
We asked some Beta first-timers
“For the longest time, journalists have pursued the truth like it’s a crusade, but there’s something more important: empathy and compassion for the people we serve.
Media is a public service, but it’s also a business. And how can we keep that business alive if our journalists and media workers are barely earning enough to live?
Journalism schools should be teaching not just storytelling but also the business of running a media organisation. Because when our people thrive, our communities thrive.”
— Marga Deona
The Launch & Meet Company
Some of the 133+ organisations at Beta this year
Agence France-Presse (AFP) • AIT • Amu TV • ApertureChina • Asia Investigative Reporting Network (ICFJ) • Asia New Zealand Foundation • Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) • Atleta Filipina • Bangkok Metropolitan Administration • Bangsamoro Multimedia Network • Behanbox • Beijing SourceEngine Technology • Border Eyes • Burma News International (BNI) • BurmaVJ Media • Center for Investigative Reporting • Chiang Mai University • Chulalongkorn University • Climate Tracker • Code for Africa • Cofact Thailand • Counselling Thailand • Daraj Media • Delta News Agency • Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) • Digitally Right • DigitalMamaID • Etilaatroz • Fojo Media Institute • Food For Mzansi Group • Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines • Frontier Myanmar • Gazzetta • Gereg & Ublife • Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD) • Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN) • GMA Network • Google • Gravitas PH • HaRDstories • Heritage Matters • Himal Southasian • Hong Kong Free Press • Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) • Ibex Media Network • Icarus Media • Impact Hub Phnom Penh • Inclusive Journalism • Inquirer Interactive • International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) • International Media Support (IMS) • International Press Institute (IPI) • Internews • Islands Business • Jom Media • JournalismAI • Kalam Digital • Karen Information Centre • KBR • Kiripost • Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) • Ladder Studios • Legal Initiatives for Vietnam • Lighthouse Reports • London School of Economics and Political Science • Luminate • Macroscope • MAHIA • Maldives Independent • Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) • Mekong Eye • Mindanao Institute of Journalism • MorningTide Capital Partners • Myanmar Now • Myanmar Women in Media • National Geographic • Nest Center for Journalism Innovation and Development NGO • New Day Myanmar • Newsgraphy • Newsline • Newspack/Automattic • Nieman Foundation • NorthernX Company • Open Society Foundations • Phandeeyar • Probe • Pulitzer Center • PumaPodcast • Quezon City Government • Reframing Disability • Report for the World • Rest of World • SCG Media • Scroll • Shh... Diam! • Shit You Should Care About • South China Morning Post (SCMP) • Splice Media • StoryFlow • Studio Zainal & Zainal • Supernova.is • Syli • Than Lwin Khet News • Than Lwin Times • The Bridge of Asia • The Continent • The Conversation • The Examination • The Green Line • The Irrawaddy • The Launch & Meet Company • The News Minute • The Reporter Cultural Foundation • The Spinoff • The Standard • The Straits Times • Thibi • U.S. Embassy Hanoi • University of Hong Kong • University of South Australia/Central Queensland University • unnu.news • USAID • Vietnam Plus • VNU University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi • VoiceDeck • Women’s Media Centre of Cambodia (WMC) • Zamaneh Media Foundation
What’s one thing people in media should understand about serving a community?
We asked some Beta first-timers
“Trust-building takes time, patience, and long-term investment, but trust is the foundation of serving a community because it results in a deep understanding that ultimately informs and leads to the production of information that's actually useful for the community.”
— Anita Li
The Green Line
Why you really should sponsor Splice Beta 2025
It’s a great marketing platform
Link to your organisation’s programs, work, and resources from the Beta website, newsletters, and social.
Are you launching a grant, fellowship, product, program, or service? Announce it at Beta. Let us help you get the word out.
You meet the community
We facilitate introductions to participants. Find your next upcoming media entrepreneur, creator, or newsroom.
We have private meeting rooms for quiet conversations. No one likes noisy cafes for important meetings.
Are you looking to introduce yourself to the community? We can help you organise social spaces around drinks and networking.
We’ll have great spaces for you.
It’s your opportunity to build the community
Host a session to recognise the heroes from your programs and cohorts. Let’s give them the acknowledgement they deserve.
Help the community learn what they need
Do you have case studies to present, or knowledge to teach? Run a workshop or presentation.
Best practices or tactical insights to impart? Run a Clinic.
That’s very Beta.
We appreciate you!
We’ll show our appreciation for your support at the sessions, on our website, newsletters, social media, printed materials, and signage. It truly matters to us.
