New categories for the second year of the awards include Best Coronavirus Podcast, Best Launch and Best Commercial Strategy. These have given publishers the opportunity to demonstrate their creativity in creating informative content for their audiences, as well as highlighting those publishers forging a path to financial sustainability through podcasting, say the organisers.
The winning podcasts will be decided by a line-up of more than 45 judges from around the world, from organisations including Axios, Google, Vox Media, The Reuters Institute and more.
The winners will be revealed in a virtual celebration on Wednesday 21st April 2021. The Media Voices team have decided to experiment with a ‘pay-what-you-want’ ticketing model. In addition, say the organisers, there are print programmes and gift boxes available for UK attendees to allow them to celebrate from the safety of their own homes.
Esther Kezia Thorpe, co-founder, said: “The world has changed so drastically since we put on our first awards that we were wondering what entries would be like this year. But we’ve been really encouraged by the continued improvement in standards, growth, and monetisation strategies, as well as the sheer volume of new launches. Although it won’t be quite the same as an in-person event, we’re committed to making the virtual awards an event to celebrate.
Peter Houston, co-founder, said: “It’s been amazing to find out about publishers putting so much work into keeping their podcasts going through lockdowns and hear the lengths people have gone to to keep their audio quality up and the conversation flowing. This year's Coronavirus category also highlights just how quickly publishers can move when there’s a job to be done.”
PUBLISHER PODCAST HERO OF THE YEAR 2021
Velo Mitrovich - Reby Media
Laura Mueller - Euromoney
Rowan Hooper - New Scientist
Theodora Louloudis - The Telegraph
Jack Meegan-Vickers - Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Fleur Rollet-Manus - SUITCASE Group
Ollie Guillou - Freelance contractor / New Scientist
Pierre Bienaimé - Digiday Media
Ailsa Cowen - Rail Technology Magazine
BEST COMMERCIAL STRATEGY
Airfinance Journal Week in Review - Euromoney Plc
Energy Voice Out Loud - DC Thomson Media
Engineering Matters - Reby Media
Finger on the Pulse - National Health Executive
Public Sector Voices - Public Sector Executive
Scran - Laudable / JPI Media
The Dirt - Grow Your Own, DC Thomson Media
Track Talk - Rail Technology Magazine
BEST PODCAST LAUNCH
Author In Your Classroom - Plazoom, DC Thomson Media
Finger on the Pulse - National Health Executive
In Machines We Trust - MIT Technology Review
New Scientist Weekly - New Scientist
Planet Normal - The Telegraph
Stories of our times - Wireless Studios / The Times and Sunday Times
The Car Throttle Podcast - Dennis Publishing
The Dirt - Grow Your Own, DC Thomson Media
The Upgrade by SUITCASE Magazine - SUITCASE Magazine
BEST B2B PODCAST
The Media Navigators - The World Media Group
The Product Experience - Mind the Product
Airfinance Journal Week in Review - Euromoney Plc
Engineering Matters - Reby Media
Journalism.co.uk podcast - Journalism.co.uk
The Global Franchise Podcast - DC Thomson Media
The Glossy Podcast - Digiday Media
The IT Pro Podcast - Dennis Publishing
Energy Voice Out Loud - DC Thomson Media
BEST CORONAVIRUS PODCAST
Alone Together - A Coronavirus Podcast - Laudable
Care Home Management magazine podcast - S&A Publishing
Coronavirus: The Latest - The Telegraph
Engineering Matters - Reby Media
The Big Miss You - The Big Issue
The Impact: Coronavirus and Organized Crime - Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
The Nature Podcast - Springer Nature
BEST ENTERTAINMENT PODCAST
Author In Your Classroom - DC Thomson Media
Beatles City - Liverpool Echo, Reach Plc
Biscuits & Jam - Meredith Corporation
Pathfinders Podcast - 99 Percent Lifestyle
The Penguin Podcast - Penguin Random House
BEST FOOD & DRINK PODCAST
olive magazine podcast - Immediate Media
Scran - JPI Media, Laudable
The Food Programme - BBC Radio 4
BEST HEALTH & WELLBEING PODCAST
Bump, Baby and Beyond - Emma's Diary
Going for Goal - Women's Health, Hearst UK
Mad World - The Telegraph
The ECHO’s Menopod - Liverpool Echo, Laudable
BEST HOBBIES & SPECIAL INTEREST PODCAST
Factor Two - UKClimbing
Radio Astronomy - BBC Sky at Night Magazine, Immediate Media
The Dirt - Grow Your Own, DC Thomson Media
The Week in Art - The Art Newspaper
Big Brains - University of Chicago News
Reasonably Speaking - The American Law Institute
The Bunkered Golf Podcast - DC Thomson Media
The Plodcast - Immediate Media
BEST LIFESTYLE PODCAST
We Are Family - Meredith Corporation
Bump, Baby and Beyond - Emma's Diary
Real Fix - SWNS
The Dirt - Grow Your Own, DC Thomson Media
The Upgrade - SUITCASE Magazine
Who Cares Wins with Lily Cole - Penguin Random House
BEST LIMITED SERIES
Crossfire - The Telegraph
Floodlines - The Atlantic
In Machines We Trust - MIT Technology Review
My mother's murder - Tortoise Media
The Anthill - The Conversation
The Brink - Liverpool Echo, Laudable
Unfair - Digiday Media
Unfinished - Shoebury's Lost Boys - Archant
Weekend Bigots - JPI Media, Laudable
BEST LOCAL & COMMUNITY PODCAST
Liminal - Liverpool Echo, Laudable
Northern Goal - The Press & Journal and Evening Express, DC Thomson Media
Talking Australia - Australian Geographic
The Courier Talking Football - The Courier, DC Thomson Media
The Door County Pulse Podcast - The Peninsula Pulse
The Edinburgh Briefing - JPI Media, Laudable
The North in Numbers - Manchester Evening News, Laudable
Twa Teams, One Street - The Evening Telegraph, DC Thomson Media
BEST NEWS PODCAST
Planet Normal - The Telegraph
The Stooshie - DC Thomson Media
The Week Unwrapped - Dennis Publishing
World Review - The New Statesman
BEST POLITICAL PODCAST
Public Sector Voices - Public Sector Executive
The New European Podcast - Archant
The New Statesman Podcast - The New Statesman
The North Poll - Manchester Evening News, Laudable
The Stooshie - DC Thomson Media
BEST SCIENCE & MEDICAL PODCAST
All Things Photonics - Laurin Publishing
Curiosity Daily - Discovery, Inc.
eLife podcast - eLife Sciences Publications
Finger on the Pulse - National Health Executive, Cognitive Publishing
New Scientist Weekly - New Scientist
Sharp Scratch - The BMJ
Stereo Chemistry - American Chemical Society
The Nature Podcast - Springer Nature
BEST SPONSORED PODCAST
Energy Voice Out Loud - Energy Voice, DC Thomson Media
Engineering Matters - Reby Media
olive magazine podcast - Immediate Media
Small Steps, Big Impact - Mail Metro Media
The Dirt - Grow Your Own, DC Thomson Media
The Upgrade - SUITCASE Group
BEST SPORT PODCAST
B/R Football Ranks - Bleacher Report
Deeper Blue Podcast - Deeper Blue
Kings of Anglia - Archant Suffolk
The Bunkered Golf Podcast - Bunkered, DC Thomson Media
The Pinkun.com Norwich City Podcast - Archant
Twa Teams, One Street - The Evening Telegraph, DC Thomson Media
BEST TECHNOLOGY PODCAST
The IT Pro Podcast - Dennis Publishing
Track Talk - Rail Technology Magazine, Cognitive Publishing
All Things Photonics - Laurin Publishing
Engineering Matters - Reby Media
In Machines We Trust - MIT Technology Review
The PC Pro Podcast - Dennis Publishing
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