Nazanin Rafsanjani Explained

Nazanin Rafsanjani
Birth Place:Iran
Nationality:American
Occupation:Producer
Known For:The Rachel Maddow Show, Gimlet Media
Spouse:Alex Blumberg

Nazanin Rafsanjani is an American television and radio producer. She was the head of new show development for Gimlet Media until 2020, and before that served as Gimlet's creative director and a senior producer for The Rachel Maddow Show.

Education

Rafsanjani received her bachelor’s degree from UC Berkeley and completed her master’s in journalism at Columbia University.[1]

Career

In 2006, Rafsanjani reported on the Caspian Sea region as a NPR-Bucksbaum International Reporting Fellow.[2] She was a producer at WNYC in 2010,[3] then worked for MSNBC as a senior producer for The Rachel Maddow Show. She has also contributed to This American Life.[4]

Rafsanjani was featured in the first season of Gimlet's podcast StartUp,[5] consulting with her husband Alex Blumberg as he launched a media company then called American Podcasting Corporation.[6] As the business grew, Rafsanjani elected to join the team to develop branded podcasts (podcasts produced by Gimlet on behalf of advertisers) as a source of revenue for the firm.[7] [8] Consequently, Rafsanjani left her position at MSNBC in 2015 to join Gimlet as the creative director.[9] [10]

The first branded podcast from Rafsanjani's four-person creative team at Gimlet was a six-episode series for eBay called Open for Business, which hit number one on the iTunes podcast chart.[11] She has been praised for the journalism and producing skills she brought to Gimlet's marketing projects,[12] hiring fellow journalists for her team at Gimlet Creative including Katelyn Bogucki from The Huffington Post and Frances Harlow from NPR's Planet Money.[13] Rafsanjani later became the head of new show development at Gimlet,[14] a role she continued to hold after Gimlet was sold to Spotify in 2019.[15] [16]

Rafsanjani has served on the board of directors of Human Rights First since 2021. Additionally, she is a member of the 2022-23 editorial board of the Brooklyn Law Review.[17]

Honors and awards

In 2013, Rafsanjani was nominated for an Emmy Award, with The Rachel Maddow Show team, for Outstanding News Discussion and Analysis.[18]

In 2018, she was named one of Fast Company's "Most Creative People in Business."[19]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Board Archives . 2023-04-20 . Human Rights First . en-US.
  2. Web site: 2007-01-30 . Iran's Pollution Worries Come by Air and Water . 2023-04-20 . npr.org.
  3. Web site: 2010-04-02 . Congress Weighs Laws Against Some Lawsuits . 2023-04-20 . npr.org.
  4. Web site: 2017-12-12 . Not Your Parents' Parent Trap . 2023-04-20 . This American Life.
  5. News: Best Podcasts: October 19–25 - The Timbre. 15 July 2016. The Timbre. 26 October 2015.
  6. News: Dean. Michelle. Alex Blumberg's podcast revolution is just beginning. NPR: this is your warning. 15 July 2016. The Guardian. 7 November 2015.
  7. News: Pathak. Shareen. Latest in content marketing: brands make their own podcasts - Digiday. 15 July 2016. Digiday. 2 December 2015.
  8. News: Owen. Laura Hazard. How did the GE-branded podcast The Message hit No. 1 on iTunes? In part, by sounding nothing like an ad. 15 July 2016. Neiman Lab. November 30, 2015.
  9. Web site: Levy . Ari . 'Startup' podcast offers a rare fly-on-wall view of tech M&A after Gimlet's $200 million sale to Spotify . 2023-04-20 . CNBC . 22 October 2019 . en.
  10. News: Dean . Michelle . 2015-11-07 . Alex Blumberg's podcast revolution is just beginning. NPR: this is your warning . en-GB . The Guardian . 2023-04-20 . 0261-3077.
  11. News: Mullin. Benjamin. Gimlet Creative, an early entrant to branded podcasting, is now open for business. 15 July 2016. Poynter. 20 June 2016.
  12. News: Layton. Corey. Podcast Pioneers: Where Audiences Choose to Listen to the Ads. 15 July 2016. AdAge. January 20, 2016.
  13. Web site: Mullin . Benjamin . 2016-06-20 . Gimlet Creative, an early entrant to branded podcasting, is now open for business . 2023-04-20 . Poynter . en-US.
  14. Web site: Dawn . Randee . 2019-09-19 . Peak Storytelling Here as Podcasts, Short Form Ride New Wave . 2023-04-20 . Variety . en-US.
  15. Web site: Naomi . 2019-09-26 . New Season of World-Renowned Therapist Esther Perel's 'Where Should We Begin?' Podcast to Launch on Spotify . 2023-04-20 . Spotify . en-US.
  16. Web site: Levy . Ari . 'Startup' podcast offers a rare fly-on-wall view of tech M&A after Gimlet's $200 million sale to Spotify . 2023-04-20 . CNBC . 22 October 2019 . en.
  17. Web site: Brooklyn Law Review – 2022–2023 Editorial Board . 2023-04-20.
  18. Web site: EMMY Nominations for 10 News and Documentary alumni - NYU Journalism. NYU Journalism. 15 July 2016. 22 July 2013.
  19. Web site: The most creative people in business in 2018 . 2023-04-20 . fastcompany.com.

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