Month: April 2018

The Peabody Awards Announced Nominees

~ jen

The Peabody Awards honor the most powerful, enlightening and invigorating stories in television, radio and digital media. Each year, Peabody Awards are bestowed upon a curated collection of 30 stories that capture society’s most important issues, known as the Peabody 30. This year, some podcasts were included in the selection.

Over the next several weeks, the winning Peabody 30 programs and content will be revealed in a succession of announcements by category: Documentary on April 17; Entertainment/Children & Youth’s on April 19; and News/Radio/Public Service programming on April 24.

The Radio/Podcast category included the following podcasts:

Ear Hustle – Radiotopia from PRX (Radiotopia from PRX)

S-Town – Serial and This American Life (stownpodcast.org)

Uncivil: The Raid – Gimlet Media – Gimlet Media

The other five nominees in this category are not podcasts. The content comes from radio stations, NPR, and a university. It’s nice that the Peabody Awards are starting to consider podcasts when choosing which stories to curate for the awards.

The Peabody Awards winners and nominees will be celebrated at a gala evening event on Saturday, May 19, at Cipriani Wall Street in New York. The host will be Hasan Minhaj, who is a comedian, writer, and senior correspondent on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah”.

Later this year, Hasan Minhaj will host his own weekly comedy show on Netflix. (There are several nominees that are from Netflix). His comedy special. “Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King” released on Netflix last year and is nominated for a Peabody Award.

PodSummit 2018 Takes Place in Edmonton

~ jen

PodSummit 2018 will take place in Edmonton, Alberta, on May 5. They invite you to join them, along with 100 podcasters and the podcast-curious from all over North America. PodSummit will be giving away over $3,000 worth of gear and software.

PodSummit is for fellow content creators, professional (and not so professional) podcasts, and the podcast-curious. If you have a podcast, you will learn how to make it sound amazing, grow your audience, and create content your listeners will love.

If you don’t have a podcast, PodSummit will show you how to start one, and will welcome you to their community.

Speakers and Topics:

  • Rob Greenlee – “State of the (Podcasting) Union” – Learn about current trends, what kind of shows are earning listeners, new podcast technology like dynamic ad insertion, and what we need to think about in 2018/2018.
  • Andrea Beca – “Growth & Promotion Strategies” – How to promote, market, and grow your podcast. Topics covered include SEO for podcasters, Social Media promotions, Paid Advertising, and more.
  • Roger Kingkade – “How to Design a Successful Podcast” – Uncover the “secrets” to create content your listeners will love. Topics covered include different podcast formats, show structure, audience engagement techniques and more.
  • Mike Russell – “Editing & Production Masterclass” – You can sound more professional with a few simple production techniques. Learn how to EQ for your voice, take out the ums and ahs, and much more!
  • Karen Unland, Erika Ensign, and Andrea Beça – “Podcast Monetization Campfire Chat” – Hear from three veteran podcasters on different ways to monetize your show. From Patreon and earning sponsorships, to affiliates and your own products.
  • Ernest Barbaric – “How to Start a Podcast” – 30 minute intensive eat-and-learn session on everything you need to know to start a podcast.
  • Andreas Schwabe – “The Art of Podcasting” – Your voice is your main podasting tool. Learn how to outline your show so it sounds great and keeps the listener’s attention.
  • Alberta Podcast Network – “PodSummit Mix & Mingle” – This year, PodSummit is doing some really fun networking activities…with amazing prizes and YEG Food Trucks will join for lunch.

Tickets for PodSummit 2018 are still available (at the time I am writing this). The sale ends on May 3, 2018, and can be purchased through the PodSummit website. Tickets include listing in the PodSummit PodDirectory.

Blubrry at NAB Show 2018 Podcasting Pavilion

~ jen

Blubrry logoLeader in the podcasting industry, Blubrry, a subsidiary of RawVoice, is exhibiting at NAB in Las Vegas, April 9-12, 2018, to share its expertise in the podcasting space and showcase its professional and enterprise media hosting and statistics. Visit Blubrry at SU6113PP at NAB.

As part of the Podcast Pavilion in the South Hall, Blubrry will demonstrate its podcasting tools and knowledge with companies interested in expanding their digital offerings and broadcasters looking to breathe new life into their listenership.

Blubrry has provided services to professional level organizations since 2006. The past decade has been spent expanding the capabilities of podcasting for radio and enterprise agencies, including an upcoming Interactive Advertising Bureau podcast statistics certification (a step above the current status of compliance).

“Whether through an individual podcast, or an expanded radio presence, we have all the tools for successfully fulfilling your podcast needs, as we have for over 85,000 podcasters,” said Todd Cochrane, CEO of RawVoice/Blubrry & Podcast Hall of Fame Member.

Blubrry offers a full solution that involves hosting, statistics, and an optimally managed website. With its services, radio stations are able to expand their audience reach with distribution on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more. RawVoice first focused on advertising for podcasts in 2005, and will be introducing an advertising insertion system for podcasters later this year.

Pineapple Street Media is Offering a Pineapple Fellowship

~ jen

Pineapple Street Media is a podcast production company based in Brooklyn. Some of their shows include: Missing Richard Simmons, Heaven’s Gate, Stay Tuned with Preet Bharara, Never Before with Janet Mock, and more. Pineapple Street Media is offering a Fellowship for Under-Represented Voices in Podcasting. They call it the Pineapple Fellowship.

Because the podcasting industry too often creates barriers to aspiring producers of color and non-binary people, Pineapple Street Media is offering our first-ever Pineapple Fellowship. The fellowship is open to all who identify as part of an under-represented group in podcasting. Areas of under-representation may include – but are not limited to – race, ethnicity, economic background, sexual orientation, and disability.

The Pineapple Fellowship is a full-time, project-based, producer-in-residence position that is open to those looking to transition into an audio production career. You will work on a deeply produced and reported documentary series. Pineapple Street Media will consider any level of experience, but prefer to work with someone with some sort of audio editing background.

Things to know:

  • The Pineapple Fellowship begins in the summer of 2018.
  • Fellows receive a stipend of $3,000 per month. In addition to production experience, fellows have weekly mentorship meetings with Pineapple staff producers and editors. They will also help connect you with people in the industry.
  • The application deadline is April 15, 2018.

For more details, you should visit the Pineapple Street Media website and read the page that is specifically about the Pineapple Fellowship.