Hello, We Are The NYU Production Lab
The NYU Production Lab is a storytelling incubator that aims to help the next generation launch thriving careers in creative industries. As a creative content incubator, the Lab serves as an experiential-learning bridge for students navigating the transition from an academic classroom to the professional creative industry.
Among its projects, the Production Lab has signed seventeen feature films; helped 13 writers develop feature-length scripts; hosted over 50 career-oriented events and panels, launched a podcast series, and so much more. The Production Lab is at the forefront of cultural entrepreneurship, preparing today’s emerging artists for the jobs of tomorrow.
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Podcast Academy is the Production Lab's first venture into podcast incubation. Over the next 8 weeks, participants will attend workshops, develop a pitch, gain hands-on experience with equipment, meet with industry mentors, and receive real time feedback on their work. The workshop will culminate in a Live Pitch Event, held on September 26th, that will see each project pitch their podcast (with a completed trailer and first episode) to a live audience and industry professionals in hopes of being picked up for further development.
Ro Reddick
Co-Creator
Ro heads up Experiential Learning, Arts Career Preparation, and Partnerships at the NYU Production Lab. Her work includes leading the Creative Career Design Fellowship, a career development program for graduate students pursuing creative careers; NYU’s newest podcast: LabCast; and The Creator Network, a digital platform for artists seeking collaborators and opportunities.
Jeremiah Campoverde
Creative Content Coordinator
Jeremiah is a rising senior studying Marketing and Entertainment Business at NYU Stern. A passionate storyteller, Jeremiah is a co-host of the Production Lab's "LabCast" podcast, and has launched several other podcasts during his internships, including "the glaadcast" with the nonprofit GLAAD and "The Fitch 15" with Hearst this summer. He will be chronicling the story of Podcast Academy through this blog.
Katie Shepherd
Co-Creator/Lead Facilitator
Katie is a second-year nonfiction MFA candidate at Columbia University and holds an MA from The University of Manchester in education. Her work has been featured in NYT's Modern Love, LitHub, ELLE, BUST, Ploughshares, and is forthcoming at The Rumpus. She has produced podcasts for The Listening Booth and Stitcher. She is the Executive Producer of NYU's podcast, The LabCast.
David Jones
Marketing Coordinator
David is a member of the Residential Life and Housing team at NYU, where he works as a Residence Hall Assistant Director in a first-year community. Prior to his career in Higher Education, Dvid worked as a writer and public relations assistant. David joined the Podcast Academy team as its Marketing Lead and will be working to execute its culminating Live Pitch event.
John Tintori
Co-Creator
John Tintori is an Associate Arts Professor in the Graduate Film Program in the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, and the Academic Director of the NYU Production Lab. He served as Chair of the NYU Graduate Film Program from 2005 to 2014, and was Chair of the Graduate Film Program at Tisch Asia in Singapore during its inaugural year of 2007/8.
Kate Stahl
Production Lab Mentor
Kate Stahl is a film, theater, and television producer. While pursuing her masters’ degrees, Kate produced a number of films, including the award-winning Alex and the Handyman (2017), and worked in rights management and operations at A24 and distribution and strategy at FilmNation. Prior to NYU, Kate was the legal and executive assistant a boutique entertainment law firm, where she worked on contractual and transactional matters for Broadway, film, television, and publishing.