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The Dark and Light Sides of Social Media with Alison Bender

Strategy Sessions · 2026-03-08 · 1h 5m

Episode notes

00:00 - Early career and trusting the process13:48 - Introduction16:52 - Launching Real Madrid TV22:00 - Online abuse39:22 - Using social media positively 52:10 - Quick fire football questions1:02:45 - Recommendations and wrap up Alison Bender is an award-winning football presenter, reporter, podcaster, author and producer who has worked for Sky News, Sky Sports News, ITV, BBC and ESPN. In this episode we discuss: Early career Online abuse Using social media positively to build a career Quick fire football questions Who’s going to win the Premier League One Question One Question is a start up I’m building (that’s me, Andi Jarvis). If you hear this episode before Tuesday 10 March, you can vote for me in a start up competition and I might win £50,000 to help build it. Just visit this page on the Belfast Telegraph website , scroll down until you see One Question, click it, then click next and you’ve voted! No registration required. Show Notes and Transcript Full show notes, including a transcription and links to everything discussed can be found here.

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