Cambodia's YouTube influencers inspired to create original content – Khmer Times

Sharing knowledge and digital content creation globally is the dream of many YouTubers. In Cambodia, there has yet to be many people able to rise to the status of “influencer”. Cheng Sopheak, knowns as Sopheak Reanthort, is a Cambodian YouTube creator who produces content teaching photography. With 341,000 subscribers to his channels, he was invited to attend a webinar hosted by Google and YouTube with the Ministry of Post last Friday explaining how creators can best utilise the platform. Sopheak told Khmer Times on Monday that he wants to encourage other creators to produce content. “I am very honoured that I was the only YouTuber in Cambodia to attend the webinar as this is the first time that the government and the international platforms joined hands to inspire content. We have different talents, perspectives, vision, missions and goals but we all want to reach as many people as possible,” he said. “We must value our own national language but also have international communication skills in order to produce global content. Now I am considering to create more content in the future with English content together with subtitles,” said Sopheak. “As one of the creators or a YouTuber, I faced cyberbullying.…
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