Zadi Diaz

Zadi Diaz is an American producer and director, known for founding the web series Epic Fu, co-hosting the podcast New Mediacracy, and executive producer of YouTube Nation. She has won a number of Webby and Streamy Awards.

Early life Zadi Diaz was born in Harlem, then grew up in the Washington Heights section of New York City, as well as the South Bronx. She is of Dominican descent.

Career

New Mediacracy Zadi Diaz co-founded the podcast New Mediacracy in 2006. Created with Steve Woolf and video blogger Steve Garfield, the podcast features candid discussions about online video and new media, and often features popular web series creators as guests. In 2010, Chris McCaleb of Big Fantastic joined the podcast as a regular. Notable guests have included Felicia Day, Joe Penna, Illeana Douglas, John August and Paul Scheer.

Epic Fu She co-founded Epic Fu, which first premiered as JETSET (also referred to as Jet Set Show) on June 1, 2006, and was geared towards a young audience. Amanda Congdon and Andrew Baron were initially tied to the first few episodes of the production, but the partnership dissolved with the Rocketboom split in July 2006.

In April 2007, JETSET was the first established web show to sign with web video studio Next New Networks (NNN). In its tenure with NNN, the show grew from 30,000 to 40,000 views per episode to 3 million views a month. After briefly being signed to West Coast digital studio Revision3 in June 2008, Epic Fu is independently run and distributed through Blip.tv.

Disney Interactive From 2012 to 2013 Zadi lead creative development and production for the online originals team at Disney Interactive Media Group. There she developed and produced the web series Where's My Water?: Swampy's Underground Adventures, Talking Friends, Blank: A Vinylmation Love Story, Power Up, Explored, and other digital shorts and one-offs.

Speaking She has spoken at events such as the New Media Expo in 2008.

Awards

Year Award Show Category Result Recipient(s) 2006 PodTech Vloggie Awards Favorite Kids and Teens videoblog Epic Fu 2007 Webby Awards People's Voice Winner - Music Epic Fu 2008 Webby Awards Variety Epic Fu Best Web Series Host Zadi DiazWebby Awards People's Voice Winner - Best Reality/Variety Host Zadi Diaz

Podcasts EPIC FU (2006) New Mediacracy