Pitch that Podcast Series (1 of 4): Who's Your Audience?

2601 Mariposa Street,San Francisco CA 94110

28 September, 2022

Description

Who is your podcast for? One of the key components of an effective podcast pitch is providing a clear sense of who your target audience is. In this session, Hana Baba, co-host of The Stoop, will help you think through who you want to reach and why. This is the first session of a 4-part series on how to make your podcast pitch, from KQED Podcasts and PRX Podcast Garage. Join us in person at KQED's SF headquarters to hear from podcast experts, followed by a mixer on the roof terrace over small bites with fellow podcasters, audio makers, and storytellers! Light refreshments will be served! Doors open at 6:00pm, event starts at 6:30pm. This is an in-person event and will not be livestreamed. Proof of vaccination will be required upon entry and all attendees are required to wear masks inside the KQED building. Masks are optional on the roof terrace. ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR Hana Baba is the longtime host of Crosscurrents- the award-winning daily newsmagazine on NPR station KALW in San Francisco. She is also co-creator and co-host of The Stoop, the award-winning podcast from Radiotopia and PRX that tells stories from across the Black Diaspora. Her work also appears on public radio programs on NPR, PRI’s The World, and BBC. A Sudanese American, Hana enjoys exploring cultural intersections, immigrant and diaspora life. Hana regularly speaks and consults with communities on how to enter media fields to affect change in current media narratives about African, Arab and Muslim communities. She also lectures on audio journalism, and has spoken at SONOHR Audio Fest, PodThon, PodFest, She Podcasts, Third Coast Audio Fest, NABJ and TEDx. Her work has won awards by the National Association of Black Journalists , the San Francisco Press Club, the Society of Professional Journalists, the Religion News Association, she is a Webby honoree and was recognized as a ‘Bay Area African Cultural Icon’ by the California Legislature.