Vanessa Finney
News Host / ProducerVanessa Finney is JPR's Arts Reporter, All Things Considered host, and the award-winning host of My Better Half - a podcast and Jefferson 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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My Better Half host Vanessa Finney visits with a former pilot who loves making bread. -
Pianist Hunter Noack combines two of his passions, music and nature, to present unique outdoor concerts. He spoke with JPR’s Vanessa Finney on location, during his tour with “In a Landscape: Classical Music in the Wild", which since 2016 has presented 305 concerts in Oregon, Washington, Montana, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, California, New York and Canada to over 75,000 people. His current tour has stops in Oregon and California. -
Vanessa visits with anti-ageism activist Ashton Applewhite.
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Vanessa Finney talks with Hunter Noack about his current tour across Oregon and California. -
The new documentary out on KEET-TV, the PBS station based in Eureka, explores how young local artists are using their creativity for civic engagement, identity, expression and social change. JPR's Vanessa Finney speaks with the producer/director of the film, Jack Lucido and Grayson Johansen, one of its featured artists. -
Vanessa Finney speaks with the film's producer, Jack Lucido.
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Elizabeth Zelinka Parsons talks about her new book with Vanessa Finney.
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JPR's Vanessa Finney spoke with AIFF co-director of programming, Richard Herskowitz, plus filmmakers Richard Green and Gary Lundgren, about the curated slate of films. -
Vanessa Finney visits with the organizers of AIFF and a filmmaker.
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Filmmakers Jessica Plumb and Jeremy Monroe join KS Wild's Allee Gustafson to talk with JPR's Vanessa Finney about inspiring environmental activism and a love for nature. -
Roy Sutton passed away in March while in the middle of three projects. JPR revisits his 2024 conversation with "My Better Half" host Vanessa Finney. -
Sprinter Roy Sutton promoted the idea of a 150+ club, where people of all ages recognize fitness values in each other around town.
