Zadi Diaz is an American producer and director, known for founding the web series Epic Fu, co-hosting the podcast New Mediacracy, and executive producer of YouTube Nation. She has won a number of Webby and Streamy Awards.
Zadi Diaz | |
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.jpg) Diaz at the 2009 Streamy Awards | |
| Born | |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | video director, producer, podcaster |
| Notable work | Epic Fu, New Mediacracy, Swampy's Underground Adventures, Talking Friends, Explored, Power Up, Blank: A Vinylmation Love Story |
| Website | www |
Early life
editZadi Diaz was born in Harlem, then grew up in the Washington Heights section of New York City, as well as the South Bronx. She is of Dominican descent.[1]
Career
editNew Mediacracy
editZadi Diaz co-founded the podcast New Mediacracy in 2006.[2] Created with Steve Woolf and video blogger Steve Garfield, the podcast features candid discussions about online video and new media, and often features popular web series creators as guests.[3] In 2010, Chris McCaleb of Big Fantastic joined the podcast as a regular. Notable guests have included Felicia Day, Joe Penna, Illeana Douglas, John August and Paul Scheer.
Epic Fu
editShe co-founded Epic Fu, which first premiered as JETSET (also referred to as Jet Set Show) on June 1, 2006, and was geared towards a young audience. Amanda Congdon and Andrew Baron were initially tied to the first few episodes of the production,[4] but the partnership dissolved with the Rocketboom split in July 2006.
In April 2007, JETSET was the first established web show to sign with web video studio Next New Networks (NNN).[5] In its tenure with NNN, the show grew from 30,000 to 40,000 views per episode to 3 million views a month.[6] After briefly being signed to West Coast digital studio Revision3 in June 2008,[7] Epic Fu is independently run and distributed through Blip.tv.[8]
Disney Interactive
editFrom 2012 to 2013 Zadi lead creative development and production for the online originals team at Disney Interactive Media Group. There she developed and produced the web series Where's My Water?: Swampy's Underground Adventures, Talking Friends, Blank: A Vinylmation Love Story, Power Up, Explored, and other digital shorts and one-offs.
Speaking
editShe has spoken at events such as the New Media Expo in 2008.
Awards
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| Year | Award Show | Category | Result | Recipient(s) |
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| 2006 | PodTech Vloggie Awards | Favorite Kids and Teens videoblog | Won[9] | Epic Fu |
| 2007 | Webby Awards | People's Voice Winner - Music | Won[10] | Epic Fu |
| 2008 | Webby Awards | Variety | Nominated[10] | Epic Fu |
| 2009 | 1st Streamy Awards | Best Hosted Web Series | Won[11] | Epic Fu |
| Best Web Series Host | Nominated[12] | Zadi Diaz | ||
| Webby Awards | People's Voice Winner - Best Reality/Variety Host | Won[10] | Zadi Diaz | |
| Variety | Nominated[10] | Epic Fu | ||
| 2010 | 2nd Streamy Awards | Best Web Series Host | Won[13] | Zadi Diaz |
Podcasts
edit- EPIC FU (2006)
- New Mediacracy
References
edit- ^ "Bio". Zadi.tv. Retrieved 2013-09-23.
- ^ Brogan, Chris (2006-12-28). "Go Listen to New Mediacracy". Chris Brogan. Retrieved 2006-12-28.
- ^ Kulik, Pam (2011-03-31). "New Mediacracy: Get The 'Real Dish' On The Web Video Industry". Dialogik Digital. Archived from the original on 2011-05-19. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
- ^ Terdiman, Daniel (2006-07-12). "Behind Rocketboom's breakup fireworks". Cnet.
- ^ Gannes, Liz (2007-04-01). "JETSET Signs with Next New Networks". NewTeeVee. Archived from the original on 2009-03-22. Retrieved 2013-09-23.
- ^ Thomas, Michael (2007-12-31). "We did it!!! 100 million views in one year!!!". NextNewNetworks. Archived from the original on 2009-03-23. Retrieved 2013-09-23.
- ^ West, Jackson (2008-06-04). "Revision3 picks up Epic Fu after departure from NextNewNetworks". Valleywag. Archived from the original on 2009-03-27. Retrieved 2013-09-23.
- ^ Learmonth, Michael (2009-07-28). "Blip.tv Brings Programs to YouTube, Ads to 'Channel Awesome'". AdAge.com.
- ^ Lewin, James (2006-11-05). "Ze Frank Comes Out On Top At PodTech Vloggies". Podcasting News.
- ^ a b c d "Home".
- ^ Hustvedt, Marc (2009-03-29). "The Streamy Awards: A Night Full of Winners". Archived from the original on 2009-04-01. Retrieved 2013-09-23.
- ^ "1st Annual Winners & Nominees".
- ^ "The 2010 Streamy Awards Official Winners". Archived from the original on 2010-11-14. Retrieved 2013-09-23.
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