"There’s more than one way to be black" with We Are Black Journalists

"Now you feel heard and you feel seen, and that can give you courage and embolden you to live and be authentic in different ways"

Only 0.4% of black journalists in the UK

Debra hosts Trust The Process, a podcast that celebrates black women doing big things.  Social media doesn’t always tell the whole story, so the podcast goes behind the scenes.  David introduced himself and said he likes the data points and the reflection points.  When he moved from Nigeria, he felt like a fish out of water.  He speaks to successful people from a variety of backgrounds in his podcast.  Good to have a mix of people

Debra loves to tell different types of stories as it shows there’s more than one way to be successful.

“We are not a monolith”: Podcasting in the black community.

“There’s more than one way to be black,” says Debra Chosen, host of Trusting The Process, a podcast that celebrates black women doing big things. The podcast goes behind the scenes of what you may typically see on social media and tries to tell the whole story.

“We’re all so diverse in our passions and our upbringings, that if we leave the job of storytelling, telling our stories up to others, then we are running the risk of only having one singular story told,” explained Debra.

She goes on to say that whether it’s a podcast just like the group chat, about sci fi, true crime, or anything you want - if you enjoy it and it represents you then you should go ahead and make it.

And David Elikwu, host of The Knowledge with David Elikwu, agrees. His podcast focuses on in-depth interviews with makers, thinkers, and innovators from a variety of backgrounds. 

He says: “One part of it is expanding your horizons, and helping you to think beyond what might be specifically local to you, and being able to hear voices of different people and understanding that you are not a monolith and there are people different to you.”

But David also believes that podcasting is great for the black community, saying: “Being able to invite people into your car, your kitchen, your bedroom - wherever you’re listening to podcasts - and feeling this sense of not being alone, and oh there’s other people just like me.

“Now you feel heard and you feel seen, and that can give you courage and embolden you to live and be authentic in different ways.”