Shana Naomi Krochmal
Vice President, Podcasting
LAist Studios
Shana Naomi Krochmal is the VP of podcasting at LAist Studios, where she oversees development and production of our original on-demand audio programming, including Imperfect Paradise, How To LA, Inheriting and K-Pop Dreaming. Krochmal was recently named Podcast Executive of the Year in the 2024 ADWEEK Audio Awards.
She was previously editorial director at Entertainment Weekly, where she created award-winning digital covers, oversaw a site relaunch and executive produced all podcasts, long- and short-form video and social media projects, including a daily entertainment news podcast, TikTok partnerships, AR lenses and an Alexa Skill.
Before that she was the editor in chief of Entertainment Tonight online, where she scaled the show’s microsite into a top-tier 24/7 digital video and news operation, with a key focus on building their YouTube business. She also worked at Current TV, was a longtime contributing editor at OUT magazine, and at EW co-hosted their awards podcast and a Schitt’s Creek companion show with exclusive access during the show’s final season.
She grew up in Reno, Nevada, graduated from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, and has now lived in LA for 20 years. She and her wife Jessica live in Silverlake with their dog, Miss Thing.
She was previously editorial director at Entertainment Weekly, where she created award-winning digital covers, oversaw a site relaunch and executive produced all podcasts, long- and short-form video and social media projects, including a daily entertainment news podcast, TikTok partnerships, AR lenses and an Alexa Skill.
Before that she was the editor in chief of Entertainment Tonight online, where she scaled the show’s microsite into a top-tier 24/7 digital video and news operation, with a key focus on building their YouTube business. She also worked at Current TV, was a longtime contributing editor at OUT magazine, and at EW co-hosted their awards podcast and a Schitt’s Creek companion show with exclusive access during the show’s final season.
She grew up in Reno, Nevada, graduated from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, and has now lived in LA for 20 years. She and her wife Jessica live in Silverlake with their dog, Miss Thing.