{"id":26722,"date":"2015-08-20T17:13:11","date_gmt":"2015-08-20T17:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ona15.journalists.org\/?p=26722"},"modified":"2017-01-17T08:01:11","modified_gmt":"2017-01-17T08:01:11","slug":"introducing-the-participants-in-the-wnyc-podcast-accelerator-at-ona15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ona15.journalists.org\/2015\/08\/20\/introducing-the-participants-in-the-wnyc-podcast-accelerator-at-ona15\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing the participants in the WNYC Podcast Accelerator at ONA15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ona15.journalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/06\/WNYC_Podcast_Accelerator_Square.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3147\" src=\"http:\/\/ona15.journalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/06\/WNYC_Podcast_Accelerator_Square-300x300.png\" alt=\"WNYC_Podcast_Accelerator_Square\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>We&#8217;re thrilled to introduce the finalists of the WNYC Podcast Accelerator at ONA15.\u00a0The seven finalists (representing five podcasts) are now receiving coaching and guidance from WNYC and ONA staff\u00a0as part of this new program, the first of its kind to provide production advice, industry connections, mentorship and a platform for creating remarkable audio content. The podcasts were selected from almost 400 entries.<\/p>\n<p>The finalists \u00a0will head to\u00a0Los Angeles in September to <a href=\"http:\/\/ona15.journalists.org\/sessions\/wnycpodcast\/#.VdIxelNViko\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pitch their projects to a panel of judges in front of a live audience of conference attendees at an ONA15 <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">special event. <\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Judges<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Dean Cappello<\/strong>, WNYC\u2019s Chief Content Officer;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Emily Botein<\/strong>, WNYC\u2019s Vice President of On-Demand Content<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Glynn Washington<\/strong>, Host and Creator, Snap Judgment<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Judges will select and announce one grand-prize winner at ONA15, who will go on to make a pilot episode of their show produced by WNYC, thanks to generous support from MailChimp. While the judges are deliberating, we\u2019ll discuss all things podcasts with some of the most creative minds behind this unique digital audio medium.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>The finalists of the WNYC Podcast Accelerator at ONA15 are:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-29672 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/ona15.journalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/08\/Amer_Robin_120.jpg\" alt=\"Robin Amer Headshot Portrait \u00a9 Alissa Pagels Chicago Photographer\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ona15.journalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/08\/Amer_Robin_120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/ona15.journalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/08\/Amer_Robin_120.jpg?resize=19,25 19w, https:\/\/ona15.journalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/08\/Amer_Robin_120.jpg?resize=105,140 105w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/>Robin Amer\u00a0<\/strong>reports from Chicago on the changing landscape of America&#8217;s cities. Her\u00a0work\u00a0has\u00a0been\u00a0aired\u00a0and\u00a0published\u00a0by\u00a0Marketplace, Detour, WBEZ, DNAinfo and\u00a0other\u00a0outlets and has been recognized by the Society for Professional Journalists and the Chicago Headline Club. She\u00a0spent six years as a host and digital producer at WBEZ Chicago Public Media and received her master\u2019s degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, where she was also a fellow in investigative reporting.<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ona15.journalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/08\/Herzog_Katie_120.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-full wp-image-29668 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ona15.journalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/08\/Herzog_Katie_120.jpg\" alt=\"Herzog_Katie_120\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ona15.journalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/08\/Herzog_Katie_120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/ona15.journalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/08\/Herzog_Katie_120.jpg?resize=19,25 19w, https:\/\/ona15.journalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/08\/Herzog_Katie_120.jpg?resize=105,140 105w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a>Katie Herzog (jointly with Betsy Herzog After)\u00a0<\/strong>is a Seattle-based writer and audio producer. Her work has been featured on Salon, The Guardian, Vox, and she\u00a0forcibly subscribed all 1501 of her email contacts to\u00a0a\u00a0bi-weekly\u00a0newsletter.\u00a0Herzog is a staff writer at Grist,\u00a0and she is\u00a0currently at work on a book of essays.\u00a0Look for it in stores in 2027.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ona15.journalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/08\/After_Betsy_Herzog_120.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-59296\" src=\"http:\/\/ona15.journalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/08\/After_Betsy_Herzog_120.jpg\" alt=\"After_Betsy_Herzog_120\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ona15.journalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/08\/After_Betsy_Herzog_120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/ona15.journalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/08\/After_Betsy_Herzog_120.jpg?resize=19,25 19w, https:\/\/ona15.journalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/08\/After_Betsy_Herzog_120.jpg?resize=105,140 105w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a>Betsy Herzog After (jointly with Katie Herzog)<i>\u00a0<\/i><\/strong>is a longtime podcast listener, first time host. To her parents she is known as &#8220;Twin B&#8221; and to her sister, Katie, she is known as &#8220;Little Sister&#8221; even though she was actually bigger by almost two pounds at birth. Betsy lives in Carbondale, Colorado with her husband, Brion, and baby, Julius. Betsy works as a fundraiser at Rocky Mountain Institute, a nonprofit organization that works to get the U.S. off fossil fuels and protect the environment. She and Brion own an outdoor store and spend their free time exploring Western Colorado on foot, bike, or skis.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-full wp-image-29664 alignleft\" style=\"clear: both\" src=\"http:\/\/ona15.journalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/08\/Richterova_Katarina_120.jpg\" alt=\"Richterova_Katarina_120\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ona15.journalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/08\/Richterova_Katarina_120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/ona15.journalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/08\/Richterova_Katarina_120.jpg?resize=19,25 19w, https:\/\/ona15.journalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/08\/Richterova_Katarina_120.jpg?resize=105,140 105w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><strong>Katar\u00edna Richterov\u00e1<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>is a Slovak journalist reporting in English. She is a host and reporter at Radio Slovakia International (RSI) where she tries to shed light on the country, it\u2019s good and bad sides and all the things in between. She\u2019s a correspondent for the Austrian Public Broadcast station FM4 and in the past cooperated on a number of international radio projects and contributed several reports to CNN. She\u2019s currently madly in love with podcasts and tries to spread the word about them in her home country.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-30111\" style=\"clear: both\" src=\"http:\/\/ona15.journalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/08\/Hsiao_Emily_120.jpg\" alt=\"Hsiao_Emily_120\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ona15.journalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/08\/Hsiao_Emily_120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/ona15.journalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/08\/Hsiao_Emily_120.jpg?resize=19,25 19w, https:\/\/ona15.journalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/08\/Hsiao_Emily_120.jpg?resize=105,140 105w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/>Emily Hsiao (jointly with Michael Tapp)\u00a0<\/strong>is an independent radio producer and a proud graduate of the Transom Story Workshop. She lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-full wp-image-29669 alignleft\" style=\"clear: both\" src=\"http:\/\/ona15.journalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/08\/Tapp_Michael_120.jpg\" alt=\"Tapp_Michael_120\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ona15.journalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/08\/Tapp_Michael_120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/ona15.journalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/08\/Tapp_Michael_120.jpg?resize=19,25 19w, https:\/\/ona15.journalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/08\/Tapp_Michael_120.jpg?resize=105,140 105w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><strong>Michael Tapp (jointly with Emily Hsiao)\u00a0<\/strong>is a videographer who has been working in documentary-style storytelling for the past eight years. His work has been published in TIME and The Atlantic, and he shoots regularly for Starwood Hotels and Ralph Lauren.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-29670\" style=\"clear: both\" src=\"http:\/\/ona15.journalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/08\/Low_Tobin_120.jpg\" alt=\"Low_Tobin_120\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ona15.journalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/08\/Low_Tobin_120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/ona15.journalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/08\/Low_Tobin_120.jpg?resize=19,25 19w, https:\/\/ona15.journalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/08\/Low_Tobin_120.jpg?resize=105,140 105w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/>Tobin Low (jointly with Kathy Tu)\u00a0<\/strong>is a radio and digital producer based in New York. Before joining the digital team at Marketplace, he nerded out for Marketplace Tech. He\u2019s produced and reported for Marketplace, WFMT in Chicago, and Q2 Music. A graduate of the Transom Story Workshop, he was also a New Voices Scholar at the 2014 Third Coast Festival Conference. Tobin attended circus camp as a child.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-full wp-image-29665 alignleft\" style=\"clear: both\" src=\"http:\/\/ona15.journalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/08\/Tu_Kathy_120.jpg\" alt=\"Tu_Kathy_120\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ona15.journalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/08\/Tu_Kathy_120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/ona15.journalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/08\/Tu_Kathy_120.jpg?resize=19,25 19w, https:\/\/ona15.journalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/08\/Tu_Kathy_120.jpg?resize=105,140 105w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/>Kathy Tu (jointly with Tobin Low)\u00a0<\/strong>is an independent radio producer and sometimes web developer (if you ask nicely) based in Los Angeles. Highlights in radio include graduating from the Transom Story Workshop, receiving the \u00c5ke Blomstr\u00f6m Memorial Prize, and stalking everyone at Radiolab. Kathy did not attend circus camp as a child.<\/p>\n<h3>What\u00a0happens next<\/h3>\n<p>In the coming weeks, the finalists will\u00a0receive virtual mentoring from WNYC producers to help hone their pitches, including developing story lines, characters, sound, texture and voice. Participants will also have two virtual meet-ups to share ideas and progress with their fellow finalists, as well as receive support from ONA\u2019s digital director and a WNYC producer. Finalists also receive complimentary registration to attend ONA15.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At ONA15, their intensive prep will culminate in a live pitch session in front of the judges.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>While judges deliberate on a winner, we&#8217;ll be hosting a lively conversation about podcasting with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ona15.journalists.org\/speaker\/al-letson\/\" target=\"_blank\">Al Letson<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0host of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revealnews.org\/episodes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Reveal<\/a> and and <a href=\"http:\/\/errthangshow.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Errthang<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ona15.journalists.org\/speaker\/lauren-lapkus\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lauren Lapkus<\/a>, actress and comedian, who guests constantly on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.earwolf.com\/show\/with-special-guest-lauren-lapkus\/\" target=\"_blank\">With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ona15.journalists.org\/speaker\/sean-rameswaram\/\">Sean Rameswaram<\/a>, host of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.studio360.org\/series\/sideshow\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sideshow<\/a>; Anna Sale, host of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wnyc.org\/shows\/deathsexmoney\/\" target=\"_blank\">Death, Sex &amp; Money<\/a>; \u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ona15.journalists.org\/speaker\/manoush-zomorodi\/\" target=\"_blank\">Manoush Zomorodi<\/a>, host of WNYC&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wnyc.org\/shows\/notetoself\/\" target=\"_blank\">Note to Self<\/a>. You can follow the conversation online with #ONA15wnyc.<\/p>\n<p>Are you interested in creating your own podcast?\u00a0We&#8217;re offering workshops on how to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ona15.journalists.org\/sessions\/podcastingbasics\/#.VdI3iVNViko\" target=\"_blank\">how to start a podcast<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ona15.journalists.org\/sessions\/intermediatepodcastworkshop\/#.VdI3sFNViko\" target=\"_blank\">improve your current set up<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re thrilled to introduce the finalists of the WNYC Podcast Accelerator at ONA15.\u00a0The seven finalists (representing five podcasts) are now receiving coaching and guidance from WNYC and ONA staff\u00a0as part of this new program, the first of its kind to provide production advice, industry connections, mentorship and a platform for creating remarkable audio content. 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