Zadi Diaz


Zadi Diaz is the Executive Producer of YouTube Nation. She is a producer and director, known for founding the web series Epic Fu and co-hosting the podcast New Mediacracy. 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 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. 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 2012-2013 Zadi lead creative development and production for the online originals team at Disney Interactive Media Group. There she developed and produced the web series, Talking Friends,, 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

YearAward ShowCategoryResultRecipient
2006PodTech Vloggie AwardsFavorite Kids and Teens videoblogEpic Fu
2007Webby AwardsPeople's Voice Winner - MusicEpic Fu
2008Webby AwardsVarietyEpic Fu
20091st Streamy AwardsBest Hosted Web SeriesEpic Fu
20091st Streamy AwardsBest Web Series HostZadi Diaz
2009Webby AwardsPeople's Voice Winner - Best Reality/Variety HostZadi Diaz
2009Webby AwardsVarietyEpic Fu
20102nd Streamy AwardsBest Web Series HostZadi Diaz

Filmography

Podcasts