A Note from Our Publisher
Last Updated on Apr. 10, 2026 by Anonta Khan
…about the ambitions of Orato World Media.
Sam Yehia
Founder & Publisher, Orato World Media
Sam Yehia is the Founder and Publisher of Orato World Media, a global journalism platform dedicated to verified first-person news storytelling. With more than 40 years of entrepreneurial experience, Sam has built and led successful ventures across hospitality, media, and real estate development.
In 1990, Sam founded the Cambie Malone’s Group of Companies in British Columbia, Canada, developing some of the Pacific Northwest’s most recognized food, beverage, and retail brands. By 2019, the group employed over 250 staff and generated more than $25 million in annual revenue before being successfully sold.
Sam first launched Orato Media in the late 1990s, driven by a belief that people who were eyewitnesses to a breaking / current news event could tell a story about their experience in an infinitely more compelling, moving, raw and visceral way. From the very outset, the platform gained early international recognition, including a Webby Award nomination, for its novel approach to first-person news story telling / journalism.
In search of a solution to make this type of storytelling financially sustainable, in 2020, during the global COVID-19 pandemic, Sam relaunched Orato World Media with a renewed mission: to counter the proliferation of misinformation and disinformation by publishing only true stories from real people and with the highest practice of editorial standards.
Today, Orato operates as a global platform with:
Under Sam’s leadership, Orato combines rigorous verification — including identity checks, corroborating / supporting evidence, and fact-checking review — from a human-centric perspective so our viewers can better understand what the interview subject experienced and how, in those critical life-changing moments, they managed to survive the event firsthand.
Orato’s mission is simple: to give those who have survived conflict, a natural disaster, oppression, racism, criminal events and injustices the opportunity to tell their story, in their own words, and publish it with truth, transparency, dignity, and integrity.
In a world shaped by division, this is the belief that drives Orato:
About Orato World Media
Orato is a global news platform focused on first-person, non-fiction storytelling. Journalists work directly with individuals who have experienced events firsthand, verifying each account and detail before publication.
Founded in the late 1990s and relaunched in 2020, Orato continues to expand its global network of contributors and publish new stories, with renewed enthusiasm.
Editorial Standards
Every Orato story follows a structured verification process before being published:
