Jacobs Media Unveils ''Broadcasters Meet Podcasters'' Agenda

RADIO ONLINE | Monday, July 29, 2019 | 11:54am CT

Jacobs Media Broadcasters Meet Podcasters

Jacobs Media has announced its speaker and session lineup for its third "Broadcasters Meet Podcasters" program at the 2019 Podcast Movement, August 13-16 in Orlando. Recognizing the potential to bring these two communities together, Jacobs Media has created several sessions. "Broadcasters Meet Podcasters" will also present a first-ever live focus group of the "Stacking Benjamins" podcast. Plus, on Friday morning, there will be a first-ever "Podcasting Speed Mentoring" event.

Each morning, "Broadcasters Meet Podcasters" leads off with a keynoter:

Conal Byrne, creator of Stuff Media and the "How Stuff Works" podcast. Byrne is now the President of the iHeartRadio Podcast Network and will talk about the merging of a podcasting company with a broadcaster.

Eric Nuzum was the developer of the iconic Invisibilia podcast as well as other podcasts for NPR. He also headed up Audible's audio efforts, and is the author of a new book, "Make Noise: The Creator's Guide to Podcasting and Great Audio Storytelling," that will be released later in 2019.

Steve Lickteig, Executive Producer of audio for NBC and MSNBC, and the person behind Rachel Maddow's Bagman, Chris Hayes' "Why Is This Happening?" "Chuck Rosenberg's The Oath" and others.

Jacobs Media's 2019 "Broadcasters Meet Podcasters" agenda's highlights include:

• Radio Leadership panel, moderated by Grammar Girl Mignon Fogarty, featuring Alpha Media's Phil Becker, Corus' Chris Duncombe, Hubbard Radio's Wheeler Morris, and Bonneville's Sheryl Worsley.

• "What Does Public Radio Know That You Don't Know?" moderated by podcaster and Moth Radio Hour storyteller Shannon Cason, featuring PRX's Kerri Hoffman, WFAE's Joni Deutsch, and American Public Media's Natalie Jablonski.

• A fascinating session in the "Ted Talks" format, where broadcasters will tell the stories behind how they took a local news event and turned it into a podcast. The session will feature Michigan Radio's Jennifer Guerra (Believed), WTOP's Julia Ziegler (22 Hours: An American Nightmare), Boston 25's Dalton Main (Mass. Marijuana), and WDIV/Detroit's Jeremy Allen and Zak Rosen (Shattered).

• Other sessions will cover Branded Podcasts, developing a Smart Speaker strategy for podcasts, a major announcement about the future of music rights for podcasts, "Podcast Makeover," where experts conduct a live air check session of podcasters, and more.

The entire agenda and speaker lineup is available at jacobsmedia.com/podcast-movement-2019/

"When we attended our first Podcast Movement four years ago, there was just a handful of broadcasters in attendance," said Jacobs Media's President Fred Jacobs recalls. "Fast forward to 2019 and podcasting has become a significant opportunity for radio companies. Hundreds of radio broadcasters and savvy podcasters will join us this year."

Podcast Movement President Dan Franks added, "Once again, Jacobs Media has found the perfect balance in not only topics, but also participants, that appeal to both the broadcasters and the podcasters who will be in Orlando with us next month. The whole idea behind this track is to create a space where these two worlds can come together and learn from one another, and this lineup will definitely do that and more."

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