Jennifer Moroz: Journalism, Podcasting and Furball Confidential

Jennifer Moroz is the host of the new podcast Furball Confidential. We went back to the early days of her journalism career to discuss her start in from anthropology and segue to journalism, including her time at the Philadelphia Inquirer and the CBC.

She highlights her role in rebranding the CBC show "Q" after the departure of Jian Ghomeshi. Jennifer emphasizes the importance of leadership, team support, and professional development. She shares insights on podcasting, including the challenges of producing high-quality audio and video content. Jen also discusses her executive coaching business and the collaborative process behind "Fur Ball Confidential," which explores the relationships between pets and their owners.

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As promised - here is the trailer to Furball Confidential.

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Fun story: I think I applied to work for Jennifer back in 2017. I wanted to work in podcasting and there is no bigger place in Canada to do that than the CBC. I did not get a job but I did get the attention of Lindsay Michaels from Podcast Playlist and that was cool. (Lindsay is now at Amazon Music Canada)

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Making a Podcast is easy. Making a Successful podcast Is HARD:

I say this often because I think you need to hear the truth. The good news is that with someone like Jennifer in your corner, she can help in building, fixing and running a podcast. (You think you have time to do it yourself - you don't.)

Her consulting and facilitation services often go hand-in-hand. She can help you and your team conceptualize a podcast or other program; develop a show mandate and/or culture statement to govern how you want to treat each other; and conduct individual interviews with team members to gauge cultural issues and offer solutions.

And if you listen to the episode to the end - you'll know that she knows podcast and program launches, and can help with everything from timelines to staffing and leadership.

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A Few Thoughts about Q, Circa 2015 onward:

Do we need to re-hash Jian Gomeshi from October 2014. No we do not. We can wait for the Netflix Docu-series that is not in the works. I do think Jennifer's story of how Q went on to bigger and better after Jian is a great story. I had forgotten about 2015 and how Shad carried the show so well. No one would have guessed that pivoted off Jian, but the resilience of Canadians to keep a great show and cast off the disgraced host.

One story I love telling is how his podcast was going to be here... and called the Ideation Project - which is a pompous way of trying to make people forget what you were accused of and think - wow that's sounds smart. The domain is now for sale. Also one notable podcast hosting company terminated their services within 24 hours once they were clued in to what came with hosting his show... so he got to be on Soundcloud - where many podcasts go to die.

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