Jill has developed and produced radio, podcasts, and television series and specials for multiple national organizations and networks including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, George Washington University, PBS, A&E, Nickelodeon, Discovery Channel, History Channel, Court TV, OLN, HGTV, and Discovery Health Channel. She holds a BA Hons. from the University of Toronto and a MA in Broadcast Journalism from the Newhouse School at Syracuse University.
Jill is a member of the Radio Television Digital News Association, New York Women in Film & Television, the Association of Health Care Journalists, and the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. She is a judge for The Webby Awards, The Signal Awards, The Edward R. Murrow Awards, and has been a judge for the International Women in Podcasting Awards, and the Daytime Emmys.
How many years have you worked in podcasting or audio?
10+ years
What is your current role, in your own words?
I’m a Series Producer, Editor, and Content Developer.
What types of projects do you typically work on?
Podcasts focused on healthcare and education, with a sprinkle of romance novels and Shakespeare.
How many years have you been a Signal Awards judge?
1–3 years
What excited you about joining the Signal Awards Judging Academy?
Hearing fresh new work!
What is one recent podcast you’ve loved and would recommend?
“The Idiot”, by Serial and M. Gessen
What separates good audio storytelling from great audio storytelling?
Research.
What project are you most proud of and why?
I’m working on a new series about retired physicians in their 80s, many of whom graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1967. Their stories are borne of a pre-internet, pre-cell phone, pre-microwave era (imagine a doctor’s appointment that’s unhurried where being seen, heard, and understood is the goal.) The series is about how healthcare can and should put patients – not profits – first.
What podcasting trend, challenge, or opportunity has your attention these days?
Long-form story telling unrelated to true-crime.
What’s one piece of advice you’d give to emerging creators?
Do your homework.
What are you currently listening to? (podcasts, music, anything)
The Daily, The Ezra Klein Show, The New Yorker Radio Hour