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Splice Pink

Pink is where we have quick conversations with people across the global media ecosystem: media startup founders, tech, data, and design folks, investors, journalists, media development funders and donors, product managers, and academics.

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Project Multatuli’s Devina Heriyanto on running a membership program with empathy and curiosity

Devina Heriyanto is the membership manager at Project Multatuli, a public service journalism collective in Indonesia.

In this Splice Pink episode, we spoke with Devina shortly after we met her at Splice Beta in Chiang Mai in November 2022. She talked us through the intricacies of bringing ‘depressing’ reporting around marginalised peoples to a community that supports Project M’s mission.

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BackScoop's Amanda Cua on what makes a creator different from a journalist

What makes a creator different from a journalist?

In our latest Splice Pink episode, we spoke with Amanda Cua, a newsletter media creator in the Philippines. Her daily email — BackScoop — keeps you updated on the top stories in tech and business in Southeast Asia.

“One big focus I have is distribution. And I don’t think that most journalists have that in their job description. How do I get this to more people? What kind of platform should I be using?”

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Myanmar's exiled media finds a home in Chiang Mai

Myanmar's media, fleeing the military's crackdown on journalists, have found a new home in Chiang Mai.

The creation of this new hub represents an important milestone for this region. For the first time, we're seeing an ecosystem built around media startups coming together in Southeast Asia.

Splice's co-founder Alan Soon talked to Sonny Swe, the founder of Frontier Myanmar, about how Frontier made the move, and what's in store for 2022.

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Coconuts turns 10... and it's finally profitable

Coconuts just turned 10. We spoke with Byron Perry, the founder and CEO of Coconuts, about the decade of lessons he's had in building one of Asia's most recognisable media startups. And they're finally making a profit this year.

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