Jane Marie
{{Short description|American journalist and podcast producer}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Jane Marie
| pseudonym = Jane Marie
| birth_name = Jane Marie Golombisky
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1978}}
| birth_place = Ann Arbor, Michigan
| occupation = Podcast producer, journalist
| period = Contemporary
| genre = Nonfiction
| subject = Business/finance, health
| notableworks = This American Life, The Dream
| children = 1
}}
Jane Marie (February 12, 1978) is a Peabody and Emmy Award-winning journalist well known for producing This American Life for nearly a decade. She now co-owns Little Everywhere, a podcast production house and recording studio in Los Angeles.
Career
Marie started her career in 2002 as an intern at This American Life before being promoted to producer and music supervisor of TAL and{{Citation|title=This American Life|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0805978/|others=Ira Glass, Milo Finch, Chris Partyka|access-date=2017-10-02}} television series of the same name.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2458916/|title=Jane Feltes|website=IMDb|access-date=2017-10-02}} She still consults as music supervisor on the popular radio show.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thisamericanlife.org/about/staff|title=Staff {{!}} This American Life|website=www.thisamericanlife.org|language=en|access-date=2017-10-02}}
Also a writer, Marie served as an editor for Jezebel and The Hairpin and has penned regular columns for sites including The Toast and Cosmopolitan. Known for straight talking and occasionally controversial opinions, Marie launched a Jezebel advice column titled "Dear Jane" in 2017, answering questions on everything from sex to racism.
{{external media| float = right| video1 = [https://www.c-span.org/video/?533864-1/after-words-jane-marie After Words interview with Jane Marie on Selling the Dream, March 15, 2024], C-SPAN}}
In 2016, she partnered with musician, producer and audio engineer Dann Gallucci to open a podcast production house and recording studio called Little Everywhere.{{Cite web|url=https://littleeverywhere.com/|title=Home|website=Little Everywhere|language=en-US|access-date=2017-10-02}} In addition to working with clients like Midroll, Earwolf, Stitcher and Audible, she is the host of Tinder's official podcast, DTR.
In 2024, her book Selling the Dream: The Billion Dollar Industry Bankrupting Americans about the multi-level marketing industry was published by Simon & Schuster's Atria Publishing Group.{{cite news |title=Selling the Dream: The Billion Dollar Industry Bankrupting Americans |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781982155773 |access-date=March 15, 2024 |work=Publishers Weekly |date=December 7, 2023}}
Personal life
Marie was born Jane Marie Golombisky in Ann Arbor, Michigan on February 12, 1978. After dropping out of high-school and earning a diploma through the mail, she graduated with honors from the University of Illinois.{{Cite news|url=https://www.honors.uic.edu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/students/current-students/student-publications/documents/ampersand/april-2002.pdf|title=UIC Honors College Newsletter|date=October 2, 2017|work=The Ampersand}}
Her decision to go solely by her first and middle names came after marrying and subsequently divorcing Rick Feltes{{Cite web |last=Marie |first=Jane |date=July 29, 2011 |title=I'm Changing My Name, Again |url=https://www.thehairpin.com/2011/07/im-changing-my-name-again/ |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529232726/https://www.thehairpin.com/2011/07/im-changing-my-name-again/ |archive-date=May 29, 2023 |access-date=October 2, 2017 |work=The Hairpin}} and comedian Julian McCullough, with whom she has a daughter, Goldie.{{Cite news|url=http://flygirl.jezebel.com/a-creative-way-to-fly-with-a-small-child-1704056287|title=A Creative Way to Fly With a Small Child|last=Coen|first=Jessica|work=Flygirl|access-date=2017-10-02|language=en-US}} Marie and Goldie live in Los Angeles, California.
Awards
- 2020: The Webbys Award: Best Podcast Writing
- 2019: iHeart Radio Award, Best Branded Podcast "DTR"
- 2009: Emmy Award nomination, Outstanding Nonfiction Series, This American Life
- 2008: Emmy Award, Outstanding Nonfiction Series, This American Life{{Cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/shows/american-life|title=This American Life|website=Television Academy|language=en|access-date=2017-10-02}}
- 2007: IDA Continuing Series Award, This American Life{{Cite news|url=http://www.documentary.org/feature/ida-awards-winners|title=2007 IDA Documentary Awards Winners|work=International Documentary Association|access-date=2017-10-02|language=en}}{{Dead link|date=March 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- 2006: Peabody Award, This American Life{{Cite news|url=http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/this-american-life-habeas-schmabeas|title=This American Life: "Habeas Schmabeas"|access-date=2017-10-02|language=en}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://littleeverywhere.com/}} of Little Everywhere
- {{Official website|http://creative.gimletmedia.com/shows/dtr/}} of DTR
- {{Official website|https://jezebel.com/c/dear-jane/}} of Jezebel
- {{Official website|http://www.midroll.com/}} of Midroll
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Category:University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumni
Category:This American Life people
Category:American women journalists
Category:Journalists from Ann Arbor, Michigan