I'm Benjamin P Richardson, a regional media and production leader with 25+ years across APAC, specialising in IP-first content, cross-cultural storytelling, and audience development in complex international markets. I'm currently consulting to ABC International Development’s Southeast Asia Digital Dialogues project, helping regional journalists build sustainable independent media businesses. I am an Asia-Pacific media and production leader with 25+ years building and creating content across the region. A graduate of UTS Journalism. I’ve served as Executive Producer of 10,000+ hours of live broadcast television across Australia and Asia, spanning music, entertainment, animation and location-based formats. My career spans ANZ, India, Indonesia, Korea, and Japan across creative and talent leadership roles -Korean pop, Indonesian kids’ Islamic television, Japanese variety, Australian comedy. I have worked inside the cultural economies of Asia with a keen sense of what narratives scale and what remains local.…I'm Benjamin P Richardson, a regional media and production leader with 25+ years across APAC, specialising in IP-first content, cross-cultural storytelling, and audience development in complex international markets. I'm currently consulting to ABC International Development’s Southeast Asia Digital Dialogues project, helping regional journalists build sustainable independent media businesses. I am an Asia-Pacific media and production leader with 25+ years building and creating content across the region. A graduate of UTS Journalism. I’ve served as Executive Producer of 10,000+ hours of live broadcast television across Australia and Asia, spanning music, entertainment, animation and location-based formats. My career spans ANZ, India, Indonesia, Korea, and Japan across creative and talent leadership roles -Korean pop, Indonesian kids’ Islamic television, Japanese variety, Australian comedy. I have worked inside the cultural economies of Asia with a keen sense of what narratives scale and what remains local.WWWW…