Soho Media Club Jaisica Lapsiwala Co-founder
What was your biggest lesson in 2020? The year 2020 has been a tremendous opportunity to slow down, pause and do some deep thinking about my life. Whether that’s my commitment to things I care deeply about, my core values, who I am as a person and how I want to live my life in the future. I am only halfway through my life and have a long way to go. So, it’s been a good time to reflect on what the plan is for the next 40 years! What was your proudest moment? Getting the kids through lockdown! But also, I launched a new podcast series called Naked Stories by Soho Media Club. It has been a year of talking more openly about prejudice and discrimation in the media industry. Through our anonymous interviews, which have been heart-wrenching and, at times, painful, we hope to close the empathy gap and positively change perceptions of minorities – including race, gender, sexuality, disability and so on. We are now waking up to the fact that representation, equality, diversity and inclusion matters. Not only does everyone have the right to be in the industry, but they can fly, regardless of what they look like, what their sexual preference is or what health challenges they face. What will December 2021 be like for your business? Freedom from Covid and a warm welcome back to in-person events. Soho Media Club has a festival to put on! God damn you, coronavirus! This time next year, we’ll hopefully be getting excited about having some face-to-face fun and we’ll be celebrating what Soho Media Club is all about: people. What one piece of media tech do you wish someone would invent? An event platform that has the viewer experience and broadcast quality of a TV show, the networking capabilities of a Soho bar and slick branding opportunities for sponsors. At the moment, we see a lot of platforms doing one or none of these things well and, in a world of Zoom fatigue, we now need a platform that raises the bar and offers something truly engaging for users. Best thing(s) you watched this year? Money Heist , for sure. I binge-watched this and fell in love with the characters, the music and el profesor! Also, there was Unorthodox and a Polish production called The Woods . The attached picture sums up 2020 – there’s the beautiful sun,
Telstra Anna Lockwood Head of global sales, Telstra Broadcast Services
What was your biggest lesson in 2020? Professionally, the media technology business landscape has changed more in one year than anyone could have predicted or expected, and these changes are here to
stay. We will have to continue to innovate and adapt as an industry to survive and thrive. Personally, I’ve learned how much being in nature helps, and have a renewed realisation that we need to protect wild places and work to rewild our precious planet. Broadcast Services this year with a great team and the best customers and community. Expanding our Telstra Global Media Network into China and India, two key countries for the media and sports business. And supporting live sports and esports broadcasts to continue around the world through a very challenging year. What was your proudest moment? I have to share three: celebrating five years of Telstra What will December 2021 be like for your business? The full return of live sports to our calendar and getting ready for a busy season of sport across the globe. What one piece of media tech do you wish someone would invent? I’m looking forward to more immersive and interactive sports and wildlife experiences through media technology in the future. Put me on the savannah in the middle of a wildebeest migration, underwater with a humpback whale pod or on a footy field with the Richmond Tigers! Best thing(s) you watched this year? David Attenborough in A Life on Our Planet and Greta Thunberg in I Am Greta . Everyone should watch these two films and listen to an elder of 94 and a young girl of 15, speaking to us from the bookends of life with powerful and wise voices.
rainbows in the sky, like in our children’s artwork for the NHS, walks in the countryside, clear skies and less pollution, as our habits changed.
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