James Smart

Strategic Advisor & Management

James is the managing editor of Broadcast and New Media at Nation Media Group, the largest independent media house in East and Central Africa.

Among his previous senior roles, he was Nation Media’s podcast editor and is a consultant on Thomson’s free e-learning courses: Podcasting: The Big Idea and Podcasting: Making It which are available on our Journalism Now platform.

James has extensive broadcast experience having been a talk show host, news anchor, podcast presenter and producer.

He was part of a high-level panel discussion organised by Thomson for UNESCO’s Global Media and Information Literacy week conference in Colombia exploring how newsrooms can use media literacy to connect with audiences, tackle disinformation and safeguard long-term sustainability.