Pause Fest's video: Fixing A Broken Media Model PAUSE FEST 2020

Lisa Watts is CEO of The Conversation Media Group. From its launch eight years ago, she has seen the onsite audience grow to over 13 million a month, and the company expanded to consist of teams in eight countries. Previously Lisa was CEO of ArtsHub, CEO of a search marketing firm, and GM for online employment at Fairfax Digital. Lisa has been a Director of Vertical Networks Group and Chair of Midsumma Festival. She was also a Deloitte Outstanding 50 LGBTI Leaders of 2018. Democracy cannot function without a healthy media ecosystem. Public interest journalism must be supported by the public. Academics are trusted more than journalists, and this is why The Conversation works. In this session, Lisa will take you through how a Melbourne-made startup created a new way of doing journalism and built an audience of 40 million a month with teams in eight countries. All of that with zero marketing spend. Lisa Watts, Chief Executive Officer at The Conversation The keynote was hosted at Pause Fest 2020: https://www.pausefest.com.au/