Interested in learning how to use Twitter Spaces, Clubhouse, Instagram Live and other live broadcast mediums to craft compelling stories and build an engaged audience around your work? Music journalist and founder of Afrobeats Intelligence, a weekly newsletter and social forum dedicated to amplifying continental African music and popular culture helps reimagine the possibilities. Within this workshop, Joey reminds us that when you have a story to tell, find your way to tell it first and the right community will tap in.
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Meet The Speaker
Multi-award winning journalist Joey Akan (@JoeyAkan) is the Founder of Afrobeats Intelligence. As entertainment editor of News Central TV, and the West African Arts & Culture Commissioning Editor for The Conversations Africa, he regularly covers African music, urban pop culture, politics, sport, race, gender and sexuality. He has written on a variety of topics in the music industry, including investigations into the music distribution business, Africa, its sounds, and the culture of music. As well as having covered some of the continent's biggest events, including the MTV Africa Music Awards, Red Bull Culture Clash, Headies, and the African Music Awards.
Through his several years in the entertainment industry and with a dearth of pop culture experience, he has acted as a consultant for major record labels, actors, musicians and creatives providing A&R support, and helping artists with communications and promotional strategies. His works have appeared in The New York Times The FADER, Quartz, The New Yorker, Mail & Guardian, DJ Booth, Pulse, Guardian, OkayAfrica, Highsnobiety, CNN and many more. Joey also sits on the awarding academy for the MOBOs and MAMAs.
Types Of Ticket
Live Ticket: Select a live ticket if you'd like to watch the session live. You'll receive a Zoom link to join when you order. Don't worry if your plans change though – we will also send you a copy of the recording and session notes via email. This is normally 24-48 hours after the session to allow time for us to edit the recording.
Watch Back / Recorded: If you just want to watch back, please select recorded ticket. This allows us to keep a handle on numbers and make sure we have enough seats around our virtual table. Again, no worries if you change your mind, you will still be sent the Zoom link, so no need to let us know if your plans change. You will typically be sent the recording 24-48 hours after the live session, to give our team time to edit.