September 24, 2020· 39 min
This Is What Happened When They Tried To Fix Journalism Using Blockchain
Orality
Model
75%
Oral-dominant (speeches, podcasts, storytelling)
Speaker Breakdown
HostTracy Alloway(2,562 words)
M:27%
HostJoe Weisenthal(2,562 words)
M:27%
GuestMaria Bustillos(4,015 words)
M:94%
Oral Indicators
Agonistic25%
very, terrible, basically
Engagement82%
you, our, your
Memory Aids100%
listen, now, so
Repetition100%
like (158x), know (109x), it's (66x)
Parallelism81%
And I'm going to be, talking a..., So listeners might remember th..., And beyond just that, beyond j...
Sound Patterns64%
47 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"
Formulaic Phrases14%
let me tell you, you know what, i mean
Literate Indicators
Hedging10%
might, could, maybe
Passive Voice11%
be transformed, be open, been interested
Abstract Nouns16%
investment, journalism, question
Subordination8%
because, until, while
Sentence Length35%
Avg: 13.7 words/sentence
Word Complexity45%
investment, analyze, anticipate
Academic Markers4%
according to
Impersonal Style18%
601 personal pronouns found
Descriptive Style78%
unfortunately, really, actually
Description
Back in 2017, during the Bitcoin boom, there were a number of different attempts to use blockchain technology to improve a host of businesses and industries. Many of those were cynical attempts to cash in on the bubble, but some did have loftier ambitions. On this episode of Odd Lots, we speak with Maria Bustillos, who was the co-founder of a project called Civil, which aimed to fund a series of newsrooms, backed by their own Ethereum-based token. Maria talked about what the vision was, why it didn't work, and the lessons learned for journalism business models and new endeavors. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.