
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 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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The long-time NPR host looks back on her career with JPR's Vanessa Finney.
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Artist Julie Anderson Bailey shares how creating art has helped her through sad and anxious times.
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The documentary "Outliers and Outlaws" is one piece of the University of Oregon's Eugene Lesbian History Project.
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Holocaust survivor, Felicia Lubliner felt driven to remind us that the millions who perished were not defined by their deaths but by their lives-their joys, dreams, loves.
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The documentary "Outliers and Outlaws" documents the history of a large and vibrant lesbian community in Eugene, Oregon.
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Vanessa Finney, host of My Better Half, interviews Diana Coogle, a life adventurer.
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JPR's Vanessa Finney gets recommendations for this season's reading from three local booksellers: Lynn and Kat from The Book Exchange and Megan from Bloomsbury Books.
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Ashland's Book Exchange and Bloomsbury Books share their recommendations for new and classic memoirs, mysteries, and nature writing.
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A new book by Ginette DePreist - 鈥淩each Up: My Beautiful Journey with James DePreist鈥 - describes her late husband's key role in the growth and development of the Oregon Symphony. JPR's Vanessa Finney recently visited Ginette at her apartment in Portland and had a conversation about the book, and James' musical legacy.
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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.
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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.
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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.