Aarti Betigeri - Australia - Freelance

<p>Aarti Betigeri (<a href='https://twitter.com/pomegranitaa'>@pomegranitaa</a>) takes us from Australia to India and back again, touching on some new publications like Monocle magazine and geographies like Sri Lanka along the way. She also keeps it real about the struggles of working in a media landscape dominated by Murdoch and seeking more rights for Australian freelance journalists. We also talk about her experience through the Australian bushfires.</p> <p>Aarti discusses getting into broadcast journalism out of university and becoming a TV presenter (8:00), leaving that behind to move to India as a freelancer (12:07), working for Monocle magazine (21:04), moving back to Australia and the freelance scene there (28:53), Murdoch’s influence in Australia (34:48), the Australian bushfires (37:12), her "story that got away" about Maoist-controlled jungles of central India (40:25), writing about a Chinese-backed boondoggle of a port project in the boonies of Sri Lanka (50:28) and takes on the lightning round (57:00).</p> <p> </p> <p>Here are links to some of the things we talked about:</p> <p>Aarti’s column on Covid, India and TV news - <a href='https://bit.ly/2VY9uQo'>https://bit.ly/2VY9uQo</a></p> <p>Her story on an Indian coffee roaster - <a href='https://bit.ly/3faqNFz'>https://bit.ly/3faqNFz</a></p> <p>Centralia photo book on Maoist controlled central India - <a href='https://bit.ly/2WhFuOw'>https://bit.ly/2WhFuOw</a></p> <p>Aarti’s story on Sri Lankan port Hambantota - <a href='https://bit.ly/3bZlLKa'>https://bit.ly/3bZlLKa</a></p> <p>Her story about dealing with Australian bushfires - <a href='https://bit.ly/2xsd6AS'>https://bit.ly/2xsd6AS</a></p> <p>Her site with story back catalogue - <a href='https://bit.ly/3bYoqnb'>https://bit.ly/3bYoqnb</a></p> <p>Australian independent news site Crickey - <a href='https://bit.ly/2xrR5lG'>https://bit.ly/2xrR5lG</a></p> <p>NYT's A Royal Instagram Mystery - <a href='https://nyti.ms/2YskqYc'>https://nyti.ms/2YskqYc</a></p> <p>Taffy Brodesser-Akner's