Jenna Weiss-Berman

Jenna Weiss-Berman (born 1983) is a podcast producer and co-founder of Pineapple Street Media.[1] Formerly she was director of audio for BuzzFeed.[2]

Early life

Weiss-Berman graduated from Oberlin in 2005.

Career

Weiss-Berman has been a producer on Another Round at BuzzFeed,[3] where she was "responsible for the ground-up development of the wildly successful company’s audio arm,"[4] as well as The Moth, WNYC's Death, Sex and Money, and The Longform Podcast,[5] where she worked with Pineapple Street co-founder Max Linsky.[6]

Pineapple Street's early clients include The New York Times,[7][8] Lena Dunham's Lenny Letter, and ad agency Wieden+Kennedy.[9] In the summer of 2016, Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign hired Pineapple Street to produce a podcast;[10] Clinton and Linsky co-host the show, called With Her.[11]

Weiss-Berman was a winner of the Gracie Award Grand Award for Podcast in 2016,[12] for her collaboration with Dunham on podcast Woman of the Hour, initially produced at BuzzFeed, now a Pineapple Street production.[13]

Personal life

Weiss-Berman is married to writer Kira Garcia.[14]

References

  1. ↑ Dale, Brady (18 May 2016). "Table Stakes for Podcasts Rising: Edit Shows or Don't Bother". New York Observer. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  2. ↑ Benton, Joshua (August 26, 2015). "Press Publish 14: Jenna Weiss-Berman on BuzzFeed's podcast strategy and moves into audio news". Neiman Lab. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  3. ↑ Dale, Brady (6 December 2015). "Why Buzzfeed and the Financial Times Chose Acast to Host Their Podcasts". New York Observer. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  4. ↑ Iversen, Kristin (January 25, 2016). "People in Your Neighborhood: Jenna Weiss-Berman". Brooklyn Magazine. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
  5. ↑ Rose, Leah (January 12, 2016). "EARFUL: 'Another Round' Producer On Why Diversity in Workplace is Essential". KQED Arts. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  6. ↑ Quah, Nicholas (July 5, 2016). "Hot Pod: Will any of the companies trying to build the YouTube of podcasting succeed?". Neiman Lab. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  7. ↑ P. Claire, Dodson (9 September 2016). "Jenna Weiss-Berman: "I'm Proud Of Making Stuff Not Just For White Guys"". Fast Company. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  8. ↑ Doctor, Ken (September 6, 2016). "The New York Times gets serious about podcasting". Politico. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  9. ↑ Perlberg, Steven (23 May 2016). "Podcasts Experiment With Paid Subscriptions". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  10. ↑ Grinapol, Corinne (August 12, 2016). "Hillary Clinton Has a Podcast". FishbowlDC. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  11. ↑ Carpentier, Megan (12 August 2016). "Clinton becomes first presidential candidate to launch campaign podcast". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  12. ↑ Cablefax Staff (25 May 2016). "PHOTOS: Gracie Awards 2016". Cablefax. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  13. ↑ Quah, Nicholas (May 31, 2016). "Hot Pod: A podcast ranking that misses a lot, new listenership data, and funny Australians". Neiman Lab. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  14. ↑ Cheung, Alexis (7 April 2016). "Brides Say Yes to the Pants". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 July 2016.


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