One of the fundamental challenges facing newsrooms everywhere is the need to reshape news products to better suit young people. Research has found that young people feel that the news simply does not ...
Ramsey Tesdell
Ramsey G. Tesdell is the CEO and co-founder of Sowt.com, a leading digital audio media company producing high-quality and premium content focusing on Arabic-speaking audiences. He is also a founding partner of 7iber.com, a leading independent news magazine from Jordan.
Ramsey was selected as a fellow of the Ford Global Fellowship in 2021, is a judge for the International Documentary Association’s podcast program, serves as an advisory board member to the Google/PRX Podcast Creators Program, and a judge for the Third Coast Audio Festival held in Chicago. Ramsey also spends time mentoring and working with new media startups and focuses specifically on media strategy and business development with ICFJ. Ramsey originally moved to Amman as a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar. He has a B.S. in rhetoric and communication and an M.S. in technical communication. He lives in Amman with his partner and two children.
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