Mat is a Colombia-based reporter for Decrypt and one of the best journalists in crypto.
This week, we dive into a whole series of topics, from writing the perfect headline (which neither has come even remotely close to), an epic rant about AI, why the media is pretty much [redacted], and what's up with journalists becoming PR people?
This one comes with some editorial fun!
Episode chapters:
0:00 intro
1:10 I didn’t think this "Beyond The Beat" podcast was a good idea
2:19 Why are you a journalist?
6:25 It’s hard to find a good journalist that gets crypto
11:04 My favorite news story was El Salvador’s adoption of bitcoin
13:16 Innovation in media outlets
16:19 No one reads past the headline
21:13 I don't care for SEO in my articles
23:00 AI in writing and publishing of news
31:27 Using ChatGPT in a newsroom
34:34 The relationship between PR and journalism
38:01 Reporting on crypto is tough
43:11 Book recommendations
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