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Pegasus & Media

Project Pegasus | The Media Rumble 2021 Nov 10, 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxHIAyiqtTM  Nov 10, 2021

Manisha Pande, executive editor at Newslaundry. The panel comprised four journalists who were at the forefront of the Pegasus story: Forbidden Stories editor in chief Sandrine Rigaud; The Wire journalist Kabir Aggarwal; The Guardian's international correspondent Michael Safi; and Le Monde journalist Julien Bouissou.

 Sandrine explained the initial days of their investigation and how Forbidden Stories came across the list of potential targets. The panel also discussed the difficulty they faced in gaining the trust of potential targets and other media partners to aid their investigation.

 

 
https://www.youtube.com/embed/OxHIAyiqtTM&start=78s&end=355s  Initial days of investigation, methodology and precautions taken 5:55 to 11:08 The Wire reporting on a story where it was also a victim
11:08 to 15:04 Securing information and communication between collaborators 15:04 to 19:24 Reducing the entire story into a 5 episode podcast 19:24 to 33:18 Obstacles posed by secrecy in building trust with readers and potential targets 33:18 to 35:51 Gaining trust of other media partners
 
35:51 to 47:44 Pros and Cons of being legacy media versus a not for profit 47:44 to 51:45
Tackling the ‘National Security’ argument used by the government
51:45 to 53:48 Reasons for lukewarm response from the Indian public 53:48 to 56:18 Reception of the story in France 56:18 to 58:59 Concluding remarks

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