Podcast art by Katelyn Curtis
In season five, episode two of Pull Quotes, Nicholas Hune-Brown spoke with co-host Rahaf Farawi about his feature The Shadowy Business of International Education, published by The Walrus in August.
This season’s podcast takes you behind the scenes of Canada’s top long-form stories. In this episode, Hune-Brown talks about how his feature had many different iterations and ultimately became the longest story he’s ever worked on.
I wanted to figure out exactly who was profiting along the way and what that meant.
Nicholas Hune-Brown
Hune-Brown explains what drew him to the story and how he landed a compelling character to have at the centre of the piece.
“I knew that international education was huge and was bringing in tons of money and was transforming post-secondary education in the country. But I think I wanted to figure out exactly who was profiting along the way and what that meant,” he says.
Hune-Brown also talks about reporting from a great distance, difficulties gathering data, and interviewing vulnerable sources without being exploitative.
Credits:
Gabe Oatley, editor and co-host
Rahaf Farawi, producer and co-host
Andrew Oliphant, guest producer
Annika Forman, guest producer
Geena Mortfield, fact checker
Sonya Fatah, executive producer
About the author
Rahaf Farawi
Rahaf Farawi is Podcast Producer at the Review of Journalism.
