LiSTNR is celebrating international recognition from the 2024 Signal Awards, which were recently announced in New York, for two of its owned and original podcast titles, Gripped: Second Son and The Briefing. Created by the Webby Awards team, the Signal Awards recognise excellence in podcasting that define culture and honour podcasts that stand out for their storytelling, production quality, creativity, and influence on audiences.
LiSTNR’s Gripped: Second Son, a gangland-crime audio fiction series, won silver for Best Scripted Fiction (Limited Series), while a special investigation into online medical certificate providers in Australia, from LiSTNR’s The Briefing, was awarded a bronze medal in the Limited Series and Specials category, which focuses on podcasts that were created to discuss or facilitate political change, public participation in civics, government policies/pursuits, or social activism.
The Signal Awards garner entrants from all over the world, are judged by experts in the field and celebrate both established and emerging voices, offering accolades for podcasting across the spectrum of creators and genres. The Signal Awards help set standards and showcase the talent within the podcasting world, underscoring the medium’s growing cultural impact. Recognition from such a prestigious international body is testament to the outstanding teams and the calibre of the storytelling from LiSTNR, which is a leader when it comes to Australian podcasts being recognised on the global stage.
“It is outstanding that LiSTNR Original podcasts continue to be recognised on the world stage,” reflected Executive Head of LiSTNR Audience and Growth, Grant Tothill. “To see the Drama team of Jennifer Goggin, Tina Matolov, Stephanie Van Schilt, Matt Nikolic, Holly Mitchell, Mat Dwyer along with Bob Campbell be rewarded for their work along with The Briefing team is credit to them and LiSTNR’s continued investment in Australian audio storytelling and journalism.
“As Australia’s number 1 podcast sales representation network* the calibre of our original content continues to grow our known audiences and. when combined with our industry-leading Adtech Hub, delivers best-in-class advertising opportunities for our clients,” continued Tothill.
LiSTNR Head of Factual, Clair Weaver, said: “The LiSTNR Factual team’s strong principles that accurate journalism, combined with powerful and immersive audio storytelling, can have a lasting impact on society, ensures we deliver our audiences compelling investigations that challenge the status quo.
“In particular, The Briefing team’s three-part investigation into online medical certificates shed light on safety issues and medical duty of care in this risky new frontier of Australia’s healthcare system. To have this type of deep, considered investigation and reporting acknowledged with such an esteemed international award is an outstanding achievement for the team and we are honoured to be recognised in this way.”
Source: *Australian Podcast Ranker – Top Sales Representatives – September 2024
About LiSTNR
LiSTNR is a curated and personalised, free app offering radio, podcasts, music, and sport, creating a new audio destination for all Australians. Featuring a fun and intuitive onboarding process, LiSTNR delivers an audio destination that is built for individual listeners’ routines and preferences. Highly personalised, it provides listeners a new world of audio entertainment, with their own daily feed of audio and easy discovery of new content through curated recommendations. Available across a large array of devices including both iOS and Android, CarPlay and Android Auto, Google Assistant and Alexa and Android TV, LiSTNR enables a fantastic listening experience, anytime and anywhere. Open your Ears to a new world of audio – download the free app today. LiSTNR.com