The Belonging to Blackness, LLC podcast team is excited to share the following press release announcing its WIN as a 2024 Signal Awards Bronze Winner for “Best Curators that Shape Culture” in the category of Best Show!
Winners in this category exemplify podcasts whose creators shape culture through their podcasts, feature a unique point of view and demonstrate a deep knowledge of their medium or genre.
The podcast is in great company with other 2024 Signal Awards Bronze winners across multiple podcast categories: Colin Jost and Wanda Sykes “Trust Fall,” The Mama’s Den, The Daily Show: Ears Edition, and Shay Shay Media “The Night Cap,” just to name a few.
We are thrilled to receive this recognition and would like to thank our collaborators for their brilliance and hard work and the podcast’s sponsor(s) for their support.
To our listeners and subscribers, we thank you for your continued listenership and support.
Be sure to spread the news and celebrate with us! Share on social media/across your networks, post your favorite episodes to date and tell folks why Belonging to Blackness earned its BEST CURATORS THAT SHAPE CULTURE award!
Finally, if you want to deepen your connection with the Belonging to Blackness, LLC podcast team and become a sponsor and/or collaborator, contact us at www.yndialorickwilmot.com or on IG @BelongingToBlackness_Podcast and @ProfYndia.
We’re doing big things, baby!
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Contact: Belonging to Blackness, LLC
Email: JourneysB2B@gmail.com
PODCAST BELONGING TO BLACKNESS NAMED BRONZE WINNER FOR BEST CURATORS THAT SHAPE CULTURE IN THE BEST SHOWS CATEGORY IN THE 3RD ANNUAL SIGNAL AWARDS, RECOGNIZING THE PODCASTS THAT DEFINE CULTURE
BOSTON, 29 October 2024 – Today Belonging to Blackness was named a Winner in the 3rd Annual Signal Awards for Best Curators that Shape Culture.
Winners of the prestigious distinction are selected by the Signal Awards Judging Academy which includes notable on-mic talent such as On Purpose host Jay Shetty, host of The Dream Jane Marie and Dan Taberski host of Hysterical as well as industry leadership including Jonathan Hirsch, VP Global Podcasts at Sony Music, Chris Bannon the SVP, Head of Global Audio at Condé Nast and Jessica Cordova Kramer the CEO & Founder of Lemonada Media.
The Signal Awards set a standard for editorial excellence by honoring the organizations, artists, mavericks and brands who are shaping the podcast industry, and the storytelling medium. Each year, The Signal Awards present Gold, Silver and Bronze Award Winners, and the listening public votes for their favorite Finalists to take home the additional honor of Listener’s Choice Award in each category. Garnering more than 170,000 public votes in just two weeks from nearly 75,000 fans around the world, the 2024 Listener’s Choice Awards drew the largest voting body in The Signal Awards’ three-history, reaffirming the growing prevalence that podcasts and their creators have in listeners’ life patterns and daily routines.
“The podcast Belonging to Blackness made an impression on the Judging Academy,” said Jemma Brown, General Manager of The Signal Awards. “This award is a testament to the skill, ingenuity, and vision of its creators.”
About Belonging to Blackness
Hosted by scholar-activist, author and storyteller Dr. Yndia, this monthly podcast explores the infiniteness of Blackness through meaningful conversations about Black identities with a diverse line-up of global Black pioneers and award-winning change-makers.
Credits
Creator, Host, Exec. Producer
Yndia Lorick-Wilmot, PhD
Co-Producer, Audio Editor, Musical Creator
Masauko Chipembere
About The Signal Awards
The Signal Awards are mission-focused on uplifting the podcast medium by recognizing the most potent, meaningful and unprecedented audio projects being made today. Now in its third year, The Signal Awards are reviewed by The Signal Awards Judging Academy, an esteemed collective made up of the architects, instigators and trailblazers of the medium. Once a year, The Academy collectively listens closely to thousands of hours of audio, selecting the strongest work to be elevated to the status of award-winning.
