Doug Kaye named person of year in Podcasting

I just heard that Doug Kaye, the producer of ITConversations and a pioneer in podcasting (since ITC started before the concept of podcast existed), has been named “Person of the year in Podcasting” by the Portable Media Expo and Podcasting Conference Awards Committee. I started listening to podcasts – the first one being the Gillmor Gang, and bought my first MP3 player because of ITConversations, and I am glad to see that Doug was recognized by his peers for his contribution to the industry, building the first platform of distribution of technology-related programs.

Here is an excerpt of the announcement:

 Doug Kaye, the creator, host and executive producer of the popular technology podcast website IT Conversations, has received the Person of the Year Award. In 2005, in an effort to produce a greater amount of quality content for his listeners, Doug brought together a diverse team of volunteer podcasters to assist in recording, editing and producing audio sessions from technology conferences and events around the country. Team ITC’s podcasts are widely recognized for excellence in both audio quality and depth of content. Doug recently launched an even more ambitious effort to recruit and train volunteer podcasters from around the world to record and produce podcasts from any spoken word event including conferences, lectures and meetings. Through the non-profit “Conversations Network,” Doug’s goal is to record and archive content globally from as many events as possible. Respected among his peers, Doug has done a tremendous amount of work to make a wide variety of quality audio content available via podcasts. IT Conversations can be found at www.ITConversations.com.

Congratulations Doug, and thank you.