Jessica and James Brewer are a husband and wife team that work for Iris Global, a multi-faceted organization that serves the poor in the hardest places. Originally from Australia, they joined Iris as media missionaries, and a few years later joined staff on the Iris Media team. They spent a few years in Mozambique, the poorest country in the world, where they filmed and produced a feature documentary called Nifento about the organization’s response and impact during a time of terrorism, chaos, and torture of the innocent.
Following their time in Mozambique, the Brewers now live State-side where they help oversee some of Iris’ other media projects such as a podcast with the org’s CEO, and a documentary series on each of their international bases.
In this episode we got to ask them questions about their start in media, the Nifento film, the podcast and doc-series initiatives (and whether they recommend them for other nonprofits), and their experience and advice about learning as you go. We also touched on appealing to broad audiences, and building trust with both your donors and the people being featured in the content by avoiding clickbait and exploitation.
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