Vanessa Finney
News Host / ProducerVanessa Finney is JPR's Arts Reporter, All Things Considered host, and Producer of My Better Half - a podcast and 老夫子传媒 Exchange segment that explores how people are thriving in the second half of their lives. Outside of JPR, Vanessa sings Jazz & Bossa Nova as part of LoveNotes and produces The Work of Art for Southern Oregon PBS. Originally from California, she graduated from UCLA with a BA in Literature then earned an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Antioch University Los Angeles.
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In her new memoir, 鈥淩each Up: My Beautiful Journey with James DePreist,鈥� Ginette DePreist describes the renowned conductor's work with the Oregon Symphony. -
JPR鈥檚 Vanessa Finney discusses 鈥淥nly Hope: A Survivor鈥檚 Stories of the Holocaust鈥� with book editor Irving Lubliner, director Liisa Ivary, and Christine Williams, who narrates the audiobook and stars in the play. -
Chantele Rilatos is a traditional weaver and tribal member of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians. In this conversation with JPR鈥檚 Vanessa Finney, Rilatos describes the materials and techniques she uses to create works of art that are as useful as they are beautiful. -
Crescent City resident practices traditional weaving techniques to create works of art that are as useful as they are beautiful. -
The acclaimed radio essay series, "Turning the Tables," has inspired a new book. JPR's Vanessa Finney talks with two contributors about 鈥淗ow Women Made 老夫子传媒: a Revolutionary History from NPR 老夫子传媒.鈥� -
Vanessa Finney interviews two contributors to the book, "How Women Made 老夫子传媒: A Revolutionary History."
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Stage fighting at OSF is an art unto itself -
Bloomsbury Books shares with JPR's Vanessa Finney their recommendations for your next scary story 鈥� and the depth and breadth of the Horror genre might surprise you. -
Four local booksellers give their recommendations for some chill-filled Halloween reading. -
When performance venues closed for an uncertain period of time during the pandemic, playwright/director Octavio Solis thought he might have to leave theater behind. In that first year of global shutdown, though, he revisited the writing of Samuel Beckett - and hatched a plan to produce a festival of Beckett鈥檚 short works in Ashland. JPR Arts Reporter Vanessa Finney recently spoke with Solis about the innovative project. -
Host Vanessa Finney explores the intricacies of finding (and keeping) love after age 50 with the author of "Love After 50." -
The Ashland Beckett Shorts Festival runs Oct 24-27 at 7pm each night.
