Biography

Lindsey Whissel Fenton is an Emmy award-winning storyteller who is passionate about using public media to build empathy. She developed, produced, directed, and wrote Speaking Grief, a multi-platform initiative launched in 2020 aimed at helping create a more grief-aware society. In 2017, Fenton co-produced and directed A Time to Heal, a public media documentary that explores the impact of the Vietnam War on the lives of those who fought, protested, or prayed for their loved ones to come home alive. You Can't Say That, which she produced, was among eight U.S. programs selected to screen at the 2013 International Public Television Screening Conference (INPUT) conference in El Salvador; it was also honored with a Mid Atlantic Emmy Award. Some of her other projects include Pennsylvania Folklore: Woven Together and World on Trial: The French Headscarf Law. Fenton also serves as a host for the WPSU-FM series Take Note.
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