Leigh Cuen: Poet Journalist #010

They’re back! The Brothers Klippsten reunite after a two month hiatus. They're joined by seasoned writer and journalist, Leigh Cuen. The gang discusses journalism and how technology has changed legacy media models, creativity in the open-source space, objective reporting, culture shock, and Bitcoin’s impact on a global scale.Leigh has been busy! She's covered culture, data journalism, social analysis, Bitcoin, human rights, technology, and multimedia production, and is co-founder of ONA Jerusalem, the first Online News Association group in the Middle East.Her work has been featured in publications such as Newsweek Japan, International Business Times, Racked, CoinDesk, Insider, History Today, Mic, Al Jazeera, YNet, The Jerusalem Post, Mic, and Salon. Leigh’s work has also been published in Spanish, French, Italian, Hebrew and Arabic.Sign up for the safest way to accumulate Bitcoin: https://swanbitcoin.comGet paid to recruit new Bitcoiners: https://swanbitcoin.com/enlistFollow Leigh on Twitter: https://twitter.com/La__CuenSupport Leigh on her Substack at: Learn more about Leigh at: https://leighcuen.substack.com/Summary:Vid10:00 Introduction0:37 Matt and the Hat8:05 Enter: Leigh Cuen8:57 Matt’s Latest Revelations On Bitcoin11:05 Leigh’s Background/Bitcoin Story15:00 Transitioning to Freelance Life17:00 Bitcoin Education Through Journalism19:00 Reaching the Non-Technical19:40 Discovery Through Objective Reporting21:30 Avoiding Bias Through Creative Outlets23:20 Disintermediating PR via Twitter24:45 Bitcoin’s Enablement of Entrepreneurship and Freelancing27:40 Poetry30:30 Creativity & Open-Source34:45 Reporting In the Middle East40:55 US Culture Shock43:20 Bitcoin Push-Back (Legacy System’s Resistance to Bitcoin)47:30 Bitcoin As An Unstoppable Force56:15 Bitcoin Forecasts1:01:15 Final Thoughts: Leigh’s InfluencesFollow Leigh Cuen on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/La__CuenSupport Leigh on Substack at: https://leighcuen.substack.com/Connect with Swan on social media:Twitter: https://twitter.com/SwanBitcoinTelegram: https://t.me/swansignalLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/swan...If you like Bitcoin you’ll love Swan Signal Live - every week we pair up great guests for compelling discussions about Bitcoin and economics. To get the show in your feed, subscribe and turn on notifications! Check out all the previous episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...Swan is the best way to accumulate Bitcoin with automatic recurring buys. Sign up now at https://swanbitcoin.com/satoshi and get $10 of free Bitcoin when you start stacking with Swan.