ON THE RECORD

Casey has worked for some of the most prestigious financial media publications in the world, including Bloomberg. Now she works for Blockworks, covering breaking news within the crypto space to help institutional investors understand and make better financial decisions around digital assets. We spoke to Casey for our On the Record series.

For this latest instalment, we met with Ryan Weeks – a Fintech freelance journalist previously on the books at AltFi, Wired and Financial news to discuss his transition into becoming a freelance reporter, the effects of lockdown on the journalism industry and movements within the Fintech space.

We sit down with Andrey Shevchenko, Technology Editor at Cointelegraph about his journey venturing into the crypto space, his thoughts on how the industry has matured and what he thinks about NFTs.

We caught up with Leigh Cuen, globally renowned freelance journalist who has reported for Business Insider, Al Jazeera, TechCrunch, VICE and CoinDesk. We spoke to Leigh about her favourite stories, women in fintech and the importance of female mentorship.

From being a business reporter in Moscow to working at the Russian Space Agency, Ana Alexandre has had a wildly interesting and transformative career. We spoke to the Features Editor of BeInCrypto about entering the space, building an editorial team from scratch and her favourite stories.

This week, we spoke to Anna Baydakova, CoinDesk’s Eastern Europe correspondent. Anna comes has a background in political reporting at various Russian media publications and has now taken a deep dive in the wild world of crypto and blockchain.

Linas Kmieliauskas, Editor in Chief of Cryptonews breaks down his 20-year career in journalism, what he looks for in a pitch and his thoughts on the booming DeFi industry.

For this edition, we welcomed the amiable Isabel Woodford, fintech Journalist at Sifted, a Financial Times-backed publication, telling the untold stories of European tech and diving deep into the region’s startup scene.

We’re kicked-off ‘On the Record’ with Nikhilesh De, a Business Reporter at CoinDesk. He covers cryptocurrency regulation, law and institutions. From DOJ indictments and cryptocurrency’s notorious scandals like Quadriga to anything the SEC says about crypto, Nik would be first on the scene for CoinDesk.

This week we got to know Rachel Wolfson, one of the top 5 women working to change the world of crypto according to The Next Web. Alongside her work as a reporter at CoinTelegraph where she specialises in enterprise blockchain adoption, Rachel is the host of the Crypto Chick podcast and has written for multiple publications.

This week we caught up with Nate Whitehill, Founder, CEO & Editor of CryptoSlate about his background as a tech entrepreneur and where he thinks the industry is headed post 2020.

This week we caught up with Camila Russo, a Bloomberg journalist, the woman behind the highly influential DeFi newsletter, The Defiant, and now author of ‘The Infinite Machine: How an Army of Crypto-hackers Is Building the Next Internet with Ethereum.’

In this edition of “On The Record” we’re excited to give you a behind-the-scenes look into a day in the life of Tim Copeland, Decrypt’s UK editor.

We sat down with Jeff Roberts, Law, tech and cryptocurrency reporter at Fortune Magazine and co-creator of The Ledger to discuss, law, to politics, to integrity in the crypto currency industry.

You could say Sebastian Sinclair lives a well-balanced life. His day-to-day role as a CoinDesk News Reporter involves keeping up with the latest developments of the wide world of blockchain and crypto.

For this edition, we had the pleasure of speaking with Joanna Ossinger, Cross Asset Markets Editor at Bloomberg. Joanna shares great advice to aspiring journalists as well useful tips to PR agencies with ways to get your pitch over the line.

This week we caught up with Nisa Amoils, a woman who wears many hats as a Forbes contributor, author, VC and lawyer for ‘On the Record’.