Pressing Matters
Pressing Matters, from Big Valley Marketing, features conversations with the top influencers in B2B Technology. From Fortt Knox to Audible, the (mostly) journalists we interview on this podcast have been there for all of it – and they have thoughts on where things are going. Whether you're interested in humans, chips, cybercrime, or long-necked lutes ... welcome to Pressing Matters, presented by Big Valley Marketing.
- Update frequency
- every 29 days
- Average duration
- 43 minutes
- Episodes
- 37
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Allie Garfinkle, Senior Finance Reporter, Fortune
Whatever stodgy image you have in your mind of the typical finance news reporter, I guarantee it isn't Allie Garfinkle. And yet still relatively early in her career, Allie has established herself as …
Misadventures in Marketing: Are You Getting the Message?
This week, we're highlighting another great podcast, Misadventures in Marketing, that is produced by our friends at the American Marketing Association San Francisco (AMASF).
In this, the 4th episode o…
Annie Saunders, Editor, Tech Brew
Annie Saunders has been a tech journalist for several years now, but her diverse career background, local news, commodities, food, had her questioning why we'd even invite her on this show. No need t…
Julie Bort, Editor, Startups & Venture Capital, TechCrunch
Julie Bort has been in tech journalism long enough to have had not one, but two tenures of 13 plus years – first at Network World and then at Business Insider, now editor of VCs and startups at TechC…
Jeremey Owens, Editor-in-Chief, San Francisco Business Times
Jeremy Owens just landed a new gig as the latest editor in chief of the San Francisco Business Times. In this market, that's a minor miracle. Jeremy joined us to talk about that change, his early pla…
Matt Kapko, Reporter, CyberScoop
Are you ready for RSA 2025? Matt Kapko of CyberScoop is, and he definitely doesn't want to hear about AI, although he and I–and everyone listening to the podcast today–all know he will. In addition t…
Fred Vogelstein, Co-Editor and Co-Founder, CrazyStupidTech
Fred Vogelstein wanted to be a Moscow bureau chief. He did manage to get to Berlin as a student in the months after the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, but he still hasn't been to Moscow. Instead, Fred bec…
Catherine Sbeglia Nin, Managing Editor, RCR Wireless News
Unlike most of our previous guests, Catherine Sbeglia Nin didn't set out to be a reporter. She was a doctoral candidate in film theory. When realizing she was miserable, she figured she'd find other …
Patrick Seitz, Senior Writer, Investor's Business Daily
It's pretty rare these days to find anyone in tech media who has been at the same outlet for a quarter century. But Patrick Seitz has been covering the fascinating world of tech, finance, and the sto…
Michael Krigsman, Host and Publisher, CXOTalk
Michael Krigsman doesn't call himself a journalist. Yes, he has produced 800 podcasts and videos in the past 11 years as the founder and host of CXOTalk, but he doesn't have a journalism degree or an…
Esther Ajao, News Writer, TechTarget
At the age of eight, Esther Ajao did something braver than most of us will do in our entire lives. Having spent her early years in her native Nigeria, raised by an extended family of grandparents and…
Michael Nuñez, Editorial Director at VentureBeat
The path Michael Nuñez took to a seemingly straightforward gig – Editorial director at VentureBeat – was anything but direct. He covered the fun side of Hong Kong, the travel beat in Korea, and even …
Second Anniversary Episode: AI and Journalism
Hello everyone. We've got a very special episode for you this month as we celebrate the pod's second anniversary. Given that AI is the topic of the decade, not just in tech and journalism, but the wh…
Jennifer Strong, Executive Editor and Host of SHIFT Podcast
In this edition of the Pressing Matters podcast, host Dave Reddy, head of Big Valley Marketing's Media and Influencers Practice, speaks with Jennifer Strong, a seasoned podcaster who began her radio …
Diana Goovaerts, Executive Editor at Fierce Network
Diana Goovaerts initially got into the publishing business. But frustrated by that industry’s speed - or lack thereof - she shifted to the fast-paced world of journalism, first as a local reporter in…
Andrew Nusca, Editorial Director at FORTUNE Brainstorm
Next month, Fortune Brainstorm Tech will once again bring together the top thinkers in tech and business in Park City, Utah. And for the first time since 2020, Andrew Nusca will be leading the show a…
Rich Jaroslovsky, Senior Advisor at SmartNews Inc.
Rich Jaroslovsky’s career goal was to be the D.C. correspondent for a major newspaper.
He achieved that - at 22 - for a little outlet called The Wall Street Journal.
He covered Gerald Ford’s doomed r…
Sam Sabin, Cybersecurity Reporter at Axios
Are you an aspiring reporter looking to get a job at Axios upon graduation? I have three letters for you: UNC, the University of North Carolina. Sam Sabin, this episode’s guest, is the second Axios r…
Ryan Chacon, Co-Creator and CMO at IOT for All
Here’s something a bit random. We’re only midway through our second season on the podcast, and - Ryan Chacon, this episode’s guest - is the second person we’ve had who served as his college soccer te…
Monica Alleven, Executive Editor at Fierce Wireless
Monica Alleven has been covering the wireless industry since 1995 - a time when the notion of wireless was so limited, almost everyone was still using a landline to connect to the Internet, very few …