Leadership and media practice for people shaping how the world is understood.
A manifesto Credit: Credit: Maria Thalassinouย By Sanne Breimer Six years ago, in 2020, I wrote โThe Six Characteristics of Inclusive Journalism.โ It was the explanation of what I was building, in the context of renewed global debates about representation in the media following the Black Lives Matter protests. Many newsrooms at the time were grappling with … Continue reading The 3 premises of inclusive journalism (2026)
Scott Umstattd for Unsplash. Entrepreneurship can make you doubt yourself, especially when you are working on complex topics or have to relate to the global pluricrisis. I realized this again after returning from my latest ten-day meditation retreat. The silence reminded me of why I started Inclusive Journalism in the first place. Inclusive Journalism exists … Continue reading What a silent retreat taught me about leadership in journalism
Sunrise in the meditation retreat The day my seventh silent meditation retreat ended was the day the US and Israel attacked Iran. After nine days without my phone, it felt strange to scroll through the news again. Not only because my mind had just spent more than 100 hours in silence and meditation, but also … Continue reading How does a meditation practice relate to struggles for justice?
Credit: Matheusย Bertelli, Pexels When I read Alan Soonโs latest newsletter, this sentence immediately resonated:ย โIโm truly exhausted by the seemingly unevolving narratives around media and journalism.โ Since the start of this year, the world has felt more chaotic than ever, an almost impossible job for media professionals to keep up with. Parallel to this, the … Continue reading AI and the new leadership testย
The non-official "Latina Belt." I loved Bad Bunny's halftime show at the Super Bowl as a celebration of Puerto Rican culture. As a theater performance, it stretched the boundaries of what โAmericaโ is: not just the United States, but all of the countries, named South to North by Bad Bunny himself, including displaying the flags … Continue reading Bad Bunnyโs Super Bowl and why the criticism feels exhausting
(Media) Leadership is increasingly framed as an inner project, for good reasons. Iโm an example of someone who became a better manager after studying coaching and going through a thorough two-year program that laid bare my own vulnerabilities and triggers. As a good leader, you are expected to be self-aware, emotionally intelligent, and regulated, meaning … Continue reading When self-improvement makes leaders more judgmental
Beach in South Sri Lanka, December 2023. A solo female traveler and digital creator is currently visiting Sri Lanka and posted a rant reel on Instagram about how the southern coast of the country is being gentrified. While lying on the beach, she speaks into the camera โ โfrom the perspective of a Western white … Continue reading The risk of simplified narratives on Instagram
Photo by Ray Harrington on Unsplash ChatGPT creating overwhelm We are living in a moment where tools designed to help us think are increasingly shaping how we cope with overload. Artificial Intelligence (AI) accelerates the loss of our scarcest natural resource: water, as Forbes published in 2024. The AI boom has caused the same COโ … Continue reading Staying sane in an age of permanent overloadย
Cracks is an editorial space for reflection, critique, and slow thinking about journalism, media, power, and responsibility. The texts collected here span several years and contexts, and reflect an ongoing inquiry rather than a fixed position. Read Cracks Magazine in PDF here: CracksMag1Download
Panel at the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival, 2025 From left to right: moderator Jasmine Floretta V.D., Shiori Itล, Devi Asmarani, and Okky Madasari. How is feminism evolving and being challenged by the so-called "patriarchal extinction burst" in todayโs social media era? The phrase is used to describe the global backlash against gender equality that … Continue reading Feminismโs Future Depends on Solidarity
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