There will also be a one-day pre-conference Podcast Bootcamp on Wednesday, October 2 for aspiring podcasters who are interested in learning the fundamentals of the medium. Over two days, attendees will attend panel discussions, workshops, live tapings, networking events, and one-on-one mentoring sessions on a range of topics from growing your audience, to structuring a story, to using podcasting to convene community.įor the second year, WERK IT will be hosting a Podcast Accelerator, a forum for conference attendees to pitch their big podcast ideas and win an opportunity to produce a pilot with WNYC Studios. Notable speakers outside the world of podcasting include singer, rapper, and writer Dessa and Lisa Hanawalt, author, creator of Tuca & Bertie, and production designer and producer of BoJack Horseman.
The professional conference features workshops led by hosts, executives, and producers from some of the most influential audio companies, including WNYC Studios, NPR, KPCC, KCRW, Spotify, PRX, Crooked Media, Vox, The Los Angeles Times, and Pineapple Street Media. (September 17, 2019) – WERK IT - the audio industry’s original women’s podcast festival - is back in Los Angeles for its fifth annual conference on October 3 and 4.įounded by WNYC Studios - home to beloved podcasts including Radiolab, On the Media, and Death, Sex & Money - WERK IT is devoted to convening conversations, sharing skills, and fostering a professional network and community among women and non-binary people in the growing podcasting field.
With a special live public podcast taping of HEAR TO SLAY with Roxane Gay and Tressie McMillan Cottom Industry Conference, Podcast Bootcamp, and Live Events for Leaders Shaping the Future of Podcasting Cottom also co-hosts Hear to Slay with Roxane Gay, a podcast with an intersectional perspective on celebrity, culture, politics, art, life, love, and more.October 3 – 4 at The Theatre at Ace Hotel in Los Angeles She is an associate professor in the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life (UNC). In 2019, Cottom released Thick: and Other Essays, a collection which has been described as “essential,” and the Chicago Tribune calls Cottom, “the author you need to read now.” Dorothy Roberts compares reading it to “holding a mirror to your soul and to that of America.” Thick was the winner of the Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize and was a finalist for the 2019 National Book Award. Cottom serves on dozens of academic and philanthropic boards and publishes widely on issues of inequality, work, higher education and technology. Her work has been recognized nationally and internationally for the urgency and depth of her incisive critical analysis of technology, higher education, class, race, and gender. Hatfield ‘67 Lecture featuring award-winning author, researcher, educator, and cultural critic, Tressie McMillan Cottom.
The Lafayette libraries are pleased to announce that on Tuesday, March 23 we will virtually host our annual John L.