Juleyka Lantigua-Williams Explained

Birth Place:Dominican Republic
Education:Skidmore College
Known For:Founder of podcast production company Lantigua Williams & Co.
Occupation:Journalist and entrepreneur

Juleyka Lantigua (formerly known as Juleyka Lantigua-Williams)[1] is an American journalist and entrepreneur. She is the founder and CEO of the podcast production company Lantigua Williams & Co., which rebranded in 2021 to LWC Studios as part of a reorganization and expansion.[2] She has won a number of awards for her work, including a Peabody Award nomination in 2020.

Biography

Lantigua was born in the Dominican Republic and moved to the United States with her family when she was ten. They lived in the Bronx. She then attended Skidmore College and was awarded a Fulbright scholarship during her senior year of college, and graduated in 1996.[3]

Her first job in the journalism industry was at the magazine Urban Latino, as an editor, and she later worked as a syndicated columnist for the Progressive Media Project.[4] She was hired by NPR in December 2016, and announced her resignation at the end of May 2017.[5] She was the senior producer of Code Switch at NPR, and covered criminal justice for The Atlantic.[6] [7] After founding the Lantigua Williams & Co. production company,[8] she began producing the Latina to Latina podcast with Alicia Menendez.[9] [10] [11]

She was an associate producer on Sol de agosto ("August Sun"), a short film that was shortlisted for the BAFTA Student Awards and was an official selection at the 2018 Palm Springs International ShortFest.[12] She was also a producer on the pilot of Barry & Joe: The Animated Series, an adult time-travel adventure in which President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden travel back in time to save the world.[13]

Honors and awards

The Lantigua Williams & Co.-produced podcast "70 Million", about the effects of local jails on people and communities, was nominated for a 2020 Peabody Award[14] and won a 2020 New York Festivals Radio Award for Best Narrative/Documentary Podcast.[15]

Lantigua-Williams was a 2020 Tory Burch Foundation fellow.[16]

A podcast series produced by Lantigua Williams & Co., "Driving the Green Book", won a 2021 Ambie Award for Best History Podcast.[1] [17] Hosted by BBC broadcaster Alvin Hall and activist Janée Woods Weber, the podcast features personal stories about how Black Americans, during the segregation era in the United States, used The Negro Motorist Green Book as a guide to traveling safely and with dignity.[18]

Works

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Lantigua Williams & Co. Rebrands to LWC and LWC Studios, Debuts New Look . October 6, 2022 . Podcast Movement . August 5, 2021.
  2. Web site: Lantigua Williams & Co. Reorganizes And Rebrands; Expands Into Filmmaking. . August 6, 2021. October 6, 2022 . Insideradio.com . en.
  3. News: Rosenberg . Sue . Edelman . Helen S. . Passion mashup: Juleyka Lantigua-Williams '96. . October 22, 2021 . December 4, 2018.
  4. Book: Lantigua-Williams, Juleyka. Martinez . Erika M. . Daring to Write: Contemporary Narratives by Dominican Women . 2016 . University of Georgia Press . 9780820349268 . 100–101 . https://books.google.com/books?id=-skaDAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Juleyka+Lantigua-Williams%22&pg=PR11 . On Being a (Latina) Journalist . October 7, 2022.
  5. News: Prince . Richard . Lantigua-Williams Leaving NPR 'Code Switch' . October 22, 2021 . The Root . May 30, 2017.
  6. Web site: December 21, 2016. NPR hires Lantigua-Williams as Senior Producer of Code Switch. Christian. Monterrosa. August 14, 2020. Media Moves. en-US.
  7. News: Sisario . Ben . Podcasting Is Booming. Will Hollywood Help or Hurt Its Future? . October 6, 2022 . . February 25, 2021.
  8. News: Carman . Ashley . The hosts of The Nod want Spotify to hand over their podcast . October 6, 2022 . . June 30, 2020.
  9. News: Valentine . Brittany . Five Latinx podcasts to power you through more quarantine . 24 October 2021 . . July 23, 2020.
  10. News: Tagle . Andee . Schneider . Clare Marie . 'Exposure' doesn't pay the bills. Here's how to get paid what you're worth . October 6, 2022 . . January 27, 2022.
  11. Shamburg . Christopher . Rising waves in informal education: women of color with educationally oriented podcasts. . Education and Information Technologies . January 2021 . 26 . 1 . 699–713 . October 7, 2022 . Springer . 10.1007/s10639-020-10284-3 . 220721396 . One participant, Juleyka Lantigua-Williams, was recruited through an email after discovering her show Latina to Latina listed in Hip Latina (2019) as 'One of the 40 Latinx Podcasts You Need to Be Listening to Right Now'.. Gale.
  12. Web site: Graduate film 'Sol de Agosto', by Franco Volpi, in finals of 2018 Student Academy Awards London Film School. August 14, 2018. August 10, 2020. lfs.org.uk.
  13. Web site: Barry & Joe - The Animated Series (Pilot). August 10, 2020. Kickstarter. en.
  14. Web site: Peabody Awards Announces 60 Nominees. 2019. August 10, 2020. Peabody Awards.
  15. Web site: New York Festivals Radio Awards Winners. August 10, 2020. New York Festivals.
  16. Web site: 2020 FELLOWS . Tory Burch Foundation . October 6, 2022.
  17. Web site: Best History Podcast - The 2021 Ambies Podcast Awards, a podcast list curated by Podchaser on Podchaser . October 6, 2022 . Podchaser . en.
  18. News: Adams . Jacqueline . 'Driving the Green Book': Black history, hospitality, and entrepreneurship . October 7, 2022 . . August 10, 2021.

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