Alex Blumberg
Alex Blumberg (@abexlumberg) is an award-winning journalist and cofounder/CEO of Gimlet Media, a media company focused on narrative podcasts.
Prior to Gimlet, he was a producer for This American Life and the co-founder of Planet Money .
producer
This documentary, a special collaboration between This American Life and NPR News, deconstructs the current housing crisis.
In the 1940s, when he was 16 years old, Myron Jones was allowed to stay up late any night of the week and hang out at bars or wherever he pleased, but his mother barely let his older sister Carol out of the house at all. So the siblings devised a plan.
This hour two mysteries: one involving an obscure novel and Britney Spears, and the other a real life murder most fowl.
This hour, rabbit holes — stories that start exploring one small thing and unexpectedly end up telling a much richer story.
presenter
More than ever you can own your podcast - make it, distribute it, sell it. How is it done?
In June of 2017, Third Coast hosted a frank discussion about what it takes to make it in today’s podcast landscape, featuring: Jenna Weiss-Berman (Pineapple Street Media), Alex Blumberg (Gimlet Media), N’Jeri Eaton (NPR) and Julie Shapiro (Radiotopia).
judge
This year we honored the best audio work in the following categories: Best Documentary (Gold, Silver, Bronze, Honorable Mention), Directors Choice, Best New Artist, Best News Feature and Radio Impact.
This year we honored the best audio work in the following categories: Best Documentary (Gold, Silver, Bronze, Honorable Mention), Directors Choice, Best New Artist, Radio Impact and Audio Luminary.
This year we gave awards in the following categories: Best Documentary (Gold, Silver, Bronze, Honorable Mention), Directors Choice, Best New Artist, Public Service and Lifetime Achievement.
participant
November 7-9, Holiday Inn Mart Plaza, Chicago