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Investigative Journalist Ian Yee – The First Casualty of War Is the Truth
Underrated, unrecognised and largely forced to be invisible due to the risks involved, but the work of investigative journalists like Merdeka Award winner Ian Yee and his team at The Fourth (as in the ‘Fourth Estate’) are critical to a properly functioning democracy.
Almost like watchdogs, these silent heroes keep tabs on society’s criminals, whether they are corrupt public officials, human traffickers or immoral business people, by writing stories and producing content on social media that highlight the transgressions committed by these crooks.
Definition of Fourth Estate:
“The term Fourth Estate or fourth power refers to the press and news media in explicit capacity of reporting the News without advocacy nor framing political issues. The derivation of the term arises from the traditional European concept of the three estates of the realm: the clergy, the nobility, and the commoners.”
(Many thanks to CITYPlus for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded. CITYPlus is Malaysia’s first Chinese business radio station, dedicated to delivering in-depth analysis on local and international current affairs, markets, and businesses.)
CONTENTS
00:00:00 – Intro by Chuang
00:02:12 – What Ian is Working On Right Now, Constant Search For Funding
00:04:49 – Why Become an Investigative Journalist?
00:07:33 – Career Rewards: Much More Than Financial Returns
00:11:15 – Saving Lives While Staying Low Profile
00:14:00 – The Risks, Man, The Risks!!!!!
00:18:34 – Malaysia Has Never Had More Press Freedom .. ??
00:20:51 – What Does it Say When Society Rewards Criminals and Penalises Saints .. ?
00:21:26 – Describe the Mind of the Investigative Journalist: What Drives Him/Her?
00:23:04 – Society Has a Plethora of Struggles Between the Forces of Good and Evil
00:25:06 – Work That Is Thankless and Pays Poorly .. Funding Should Also Be Clean, Free of Strings
00:27:38 – How to Support Ian and His Team: https://thefourth.media/subscribe/
00:32:49 – Resonating With Society Doesn’t Always Result In Funding
00:35:03 – A Heart-Rending Story: The Apartment With No Entrance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AQefhTP8zw – But No Resulting Support !
00:37:25 – How To Choose What to Investigate: Prime Considerations?
00:39:06 – Does ‘Life’ Ever Intervene?
00:41:58 – Winning The Merdeka Award: What It Means
00:43:37 – Facebook Is Declining, TikTok and Instagram Are Rising, How to Tell Short Video Stories
00:46:57 – Regional Work in ASEAN, Autocratic Governments, Societal Maturity
00:50:00 – Want to Join Ian Yee?
00:51:12 – What The Next Yen Years Hold for The Fourth and Ian, Goals
00:54:40 – Audience Funding, UNICEF?
00:56:30 – What Are Society’s Biggest Problems?
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A Heart-Rending Story: The Apartment With No Entrance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AQefhTP8zw
