The days of legacy media as the sole gatekeepers of news and information are over. Social media shattered the traditional model, paving the way for a new era where sports leagues, content creators, an...
Sophia Smith Galer
Sophia Smith Galer is a journalist, author and content creator based in London. She is the co-host of the BBC World Service's Where To Be A Woman podcast and is a pioneer of TikTok journalism, winning the British Journalism Award for Innovation of the Year in 2021 as well as spots on the Forbes Under 30 and British Vogue's 25 Most Influential UK Women lists in 2022. She has more than 140 million TikTok views and a combined following of 700,000 followers between TikTok and Instagram. She is now freelance following working as a reporter for VICE News and the BBC.
Events IJF 2025
After the ‘podcast election’ in the US and the rise of news influencers globally, who is a journalist, what do audiences believe is news, and what does this mean for traditional mainstream news br...
2025 is set to see the transatlantic gulf on how to regulate online speech become even wider. Regulators in the EU are demanding greater regulation of platforms than ever, but the US has made clear th...
Scripting for vertical video: how to send journalism viral on TikTok and Instagram Reels
Award-winning pioneer of TikTok journalism Sophia Smith Galer guides you through how to ideate, script and publish content on vertical video platforms. Vertical video - shortform, smartphone-friendly ...
After a brief introduction of how TikTok has become an important source of news for the young, and an update of the top news accounts in the world based on the recent Reuters Institute TikTok report, ...
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