Beyond the News
Beyond the News
Danny Bull
Behind the scenes access to the journalists who bring you the news from across the globe.
Beyond the News Ep. 10 - Xinyan Yu - Journalist from China covering the George Floyd Protest and Coronavirus for BBC NEWS
#coronavirus #georgefloyd #covid19 Xinyan Yu, is a Chinese Journalist with the BBC, she's originally from Wuhan, China, so she has a very unique perspective seeing the virus spread from Wuhan to the rest of China and then to the US. As she Chinese journalist she talks about some of the discrimination that has come to her and other Asians / Asian Americans as Coronavirus reached the United States.    Follow Danny Bull here: Instagram: http://instagram.com/dannyabull/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/dannyabull  Follow Xinyan here:  https://twitter.com/xinyanyu  https://www.instagram.com/echoyuxinyan #GeorgeFloydprotests #justiceforgeorgefloyd #civilunrest #protests #defundthepolice #abolishthepolice #minneapolis #losangeles #covid #coronavirus #virus #covid19 #GeorgeFloyd #blm #blacklivesmatter
Jun 12, 2020
47 min
Beyond the News Ep. 9 - Alexis Johnson - Black Journalist Barred from Covering George Floyd Protests
#georgefloydprotests #georgefloyd #protests Full unedited interview with Alexis Johnson on how she was barred from covering the US Protest.  Alexis is a Journalists with the Pittsburgh Post Gazette and after a tweet of hers went viral she says was unable to get story pitches through her editors, barring her from covering the protest.  This is her story and voice in a full unedited interview.  We talk about the controversial tweet, what it's like being a young black journalist in the newsroom, her background with two parents in law enforcement, advice to young black and minority journalists and the power of mentors.  I hope you enjoy this discussion.
Jun 12, 2020
31 min
Bing Guan - Beyond the News Ep. 8 - Journalist covering the George Floyd Protest in Los Angeles
Bing Guan #GeorgeFloydprotests #justiceforgeorgefloyd #civilunrest #protests #defundthepolice #abolishthepolice #minneapolis #losangeles #covid #coronavirus #virus #covid19 #GeorgeFloyd Bing Guan talks about covering the George Floyd Protests in Los Angeles as a photojournalist. Black Press Freedom Fund - PPE for Photogs: https://www.gofundme.com/f/ppe-for-black-freelance-photographers-2020 Subscribe to my channel here: https://tinyurl.com/y7advfso (make sure to hit the BELL icon to be notified of new videos!) Follow Danny Bull here: Instagram: http://instagram.com/dannyabull/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/dannyabull Follow Bing Guan here: https://www.instagram.com/bing_guan/ https://twitter.com/bing_guan Timecode: 0:27 - Introduction 0:50 - Peak craziness 1:07 - tensions have calmed down. 1:57 - difference of US and Hong Kong protest. 2:56 - high emphasis on remaining peaceful 4:27 - Abolish the Police department and Defund the police. 4:57 - Police budget compared to the CDC budget 5:27 - covering a protest during COVID-19 9:27 - hit by pepper ball. 9:55 - they are targeting journalists 9:55 - what gear do you have? Masks for covid and masks for tear gas 10:20 - full face gas masks 10:27 - P100 filters 11:27 - Initiative for Black Press Freedom Fund 12:00 - Huge need for PPE - Personal Protection Equipment 13:00 - Advice for new journalists 13:40 - Bias and perspective to news stories. 13:57 - Build your network
Jun 9, 2020
14 min
Beyond the News Ep. 7 - Oliver Wright - Creating a subscriber base on social media
#viralvideos #tictoc #socialmedia  Today we talk to Oliver Wright who has a large following on youtube and tic toc and creates videos about editing, product reviews and tech.     Subscribe to youtube channel here: https://tinyurl.com/y7advfso (make sure to hit the BELL icon to be notified of new videos!)   Follow Danny Bull here:  Instagram: http://instagram.com/dannyabull/  Twitter: http://twitter.com/dannyabull   Follow Oliver Wright here: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oddwright/  Tic Toc: https://www.tiktok.com/@oddwright  Twitter: https://twitter.com/oddwright  
May 26, 2020
55 min
Beyond the News Ep. 6 - Taimoor Sobhan - How to Become a Documentary Filmmaker
Taimoor Sobhan is a documentary filmmaker working for human rights organization, #fortifyrights.  He is based in bangkok and shares his knowledge about filmmaking, going from film to digital, and making films form life in refugee camps to Muay Thai fights in Bangkok's prison system.      You can see more of Taimoor's work here:  https://www.instagram.com/taimoooooor  https://vimeo.com/taimoorsobhan  https://twitter.com/taimoorsobhan    Follow beyond the news here:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRoA_hkBfVizs8HAWLrNEvQ  https://www.instagram.com/dannyabull/ https://twitter.com/dannyabull  https://open.spotify.com/show/1JeqlUJR7ofxeJUR3rrSfZ   Follow Rohingya Instagram fellows here:   https://www.instagram.com/azimulhass/  https://www.instagram.com/dilkayas/  https://www.instagram.com/omalkha/ Timecodes:  0:00 - teaser  0:38 - Introduction  1:10 - start in to film making from documentaries, features films, 16mm to digital  3:56 - Log and capture and proper logging techniques   6:09 - Journey into human rights film making  7:45  -  Working in Bangladesh  8:30 - Cox’s Bazaar, Kutupalong refugee camp and Rohingya in 2008  10:00 - Seeing Rohingya refugee camps change over 10 years from 2008 to 2017 and onward   11:15 - Seeing cramped refugee camps   13:40 - The enormity of Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazaar Bangladesh  16:00 - Human rights videos  18:00 - Calling this Genocide  18:54 - Whats it like going to Cox’s Bazaar and into the Refugee camps  20:00 - Filming in Crisis 23:00 - The still shoot and motion picture.  23:16 - The language of motion pictures for human rights documentation  24:10 - Rohingya refugees documenting their exodus on their cell phones.  26:13 - Looking at images of crisis and pain over and over as a film editor  27:10 - Covering Trauma  27:50 - Getting human rights films on New York Times OpDocs  31:42 - Re-traumatizing subjects in crisis  32:34 - how to protect a person in crisis  32:58 - cut throat industry in times of crisis  33:33 - fast paced news vs. documentaries in covering crisis  33:48 -  asking deeper crisis   34:14 - documentary their genocide on their cellphones  35:03 - prejudice we carry to Rohingya refugee camps  35:33 - social media in refugee camps  35:46 - Giving cellphones and instagram to Rohingya refugees to tell their story.  37:33 - How refugee camps work, and the power of social media from the inside  38:42 - Internet shutdown in Refugee camps  41:02 - what makes a good shot, what makes a good photo or video?  41:43 - The motion picture camera as an empathy machine.  42:23 - tracking shots in film  42:36 - the importance of good sound design  43:21 - not rehashing images and perpetuating stereotypes  44:20 - Netflix and the rebirth of documentary film  45:34 - Koyaanisqatsi and Baraka inspiring a generation of film makers.  47:28 - The birth of Cinema and role of filming in society  48:31 - Dune 2020  49:03 - The democratization of Film making  49:50 - The DSLR revolution  50:11 - Photography and videographer are two different art forms 53:16 - Documentary film making is now mass entertainment 53:20 - The best thing about film making 55:25 - The Muay Thai Fight for freedom in Khlong Phrem Prison.   58:23 - One piece of advice  
May 20, 2020
1 hr
Beyond the News Ep. 5 - Matt Ford - The Power of Storytelling and Starting a Business During COVID19
Matt has an extensive media background from lighting major Hollywood movies such as Spider man 2, Working at the  associated Press where he was based in Egypt as their multimedia and interactive producer for the Middle East.   He was founder and CEO of Vignette Interactive where he led a team of to film projects in more than 30 countries and with clients such as National Geographic, Unicef among others.  He now runs his own media company under his name: Matt Ford Media based in Barcelona, Spain.  Follow Matt Ford's work here:  https://www.instagram.com/mattfordmedia/ https://mattford.media/ Follow Beyond the News here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRoA_hkBfVizs8HAWLrNEvQ https://www.instagram.com/dannyabull/ https://twitter.com/dannyabull https://open.spotify.com/show/1JeqlUJR7ofxeJUR3rrSfZ
May 15, 2020
59 min
Beyond the News Ep.4 - Jonathan Head - Frontline Journalist for BBC News
Jonathan Head is the SE ASIA Correspondant for BBC NEWS. He is an award winning Journalist with awards including an MBE and the Peabody Award for the plight of the Rohingya. With over 30 years at the BBC, he has worked at the Head office in London and across the many bureaus, from Indonesia, to Tokyo, to Bangkok, to Singapore, to Istanbul and now back in Bangkok. He has also served as President of the Foreign correspondents club of Thailand and continues to play a pivotal role there. It is my distinct privilege to welcome Jonathan whom I’ve been learning and working along side for the last 5 years, Jonathan welcome to Beyond the news. Follow Jonathan Head’s work here: https://twitter.com/pakhead http://instagram.com/pakhead45 Follow Beyond the News here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRoA_hkBfVizs8HAWLrNEvQ https://www.instagram.com/dannyabull/ https://twitter.com/dannyabull https://open.spotify.com/show/1JeqlUJR7ofxeJUR3rrSfZ Show timecode directory: 0:00 - Show Teaser 0:20 - Introducing Jonathan Head 1:10 - COVID19 effects on Journalism 1:49 - COVID19 in Bangkok and the low number of cases 3:30 - The economic impact in Thailand from the virus 8:00 - SARS vs COVID19 11:11 - The adventure of Journalism 11:40 - Being posted in Indonesia - 1996 - 1999 13:00 - Fall of Suharto - head chopping 14:00 - East Timor 15:30 - Brutal conflict in Indonesia 16:42 - Seeing a severed head and processing trauma 18:14 - Do you need to go to school to be a Journalist 21:39 - Fairness in Journalism 23:50 - Working in Libya 30:31 - The pace of different bureaus 32:45 - Preparing for natural disasters 33:23 - The changes in journalism and the future of Journalism 39:12 - Is there an agenda in Main Stream Media / Fake news 40:40 - The world is not black and white, it is shades of Grey 41:50 - The Bosnian civil war 42:25 - The Rwandan Genocide 44:00 - The Iraq war and 9/11 46:25 - How will COVID19 effect the world 49:15 - The Lockdown and anti-lockdown protest 54:23 - The Best thing about Journalism 56:00 - One piece of advice for journalist
May 5, 2020
57 min
Beyond the news Ep. 3 - Raul Gallego Abellan
Raul is a Spanish Journalist and filmmaker.  He has won a long list of awards for his work including cameraman of the year from the Royal Television Society and the coveted Miguel Gil Award.  El Mundo has called him, The Best Camera in the World.   He’s been a pioneer for producing captivating online news and documentaries at a time when news was shifting more and more from TV to online, while working at the Associated Press, Channel 4 and now as a film maker and journalist for a host of clients. Follow Raul Gallego Abellan here:   https://www.instagram.com/raulgallegoabellan/  https://twitter.com/raulgaab  http://raulgaab.com Follow beyond the news here:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dannyabull/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRoA_hkBfVizs8HAWLrNEvQ/
Apr 26, 2020
1 hr 13 min
Beyond the news Ep. 2 - Altaf Qadri
Altaf Qadri talks about working as a photojournalist for the Associated Press, from living and starting his career covering the conflicts in Kashmir to Libya, and now the coronavirus.   Altaf has won numerous awards and alcolades including winning the world press photo twice, and multiple Photographer of the Year International award among many others. Altaf works for the associated Press based in Delhi and works in the region and beyond.   Follow Altaf's work here:  https://www.altafqadri.com/ https://www.instagram.com/altafqadri
Apr 19, 2020
56 min
Beyond the news Ep. 1 - Adryel Talamantes
Adryel Talamantes is a photojournalist originally from the United States now based in Bangkok, Thailand. His photography has been published by outlets including The Wall Street Journal, USA TODAY, Le Monde, Nikkei Asian Review, VICE, The Diplomat, PRI/Global Post, Speigel Online, Bild, War Is Boring, and Remote Lands among others. The focus of his work centers on news, travel, and human interests stories and has covered stories in Hong Kong, Iraq, Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand. To see more of Adryel's work: https://www.adryeltalamantes.com/ https://www.instagram.com/adryel_talamantes/
Apr 14, 2020
26 min