Lindsey Whissel Fenton is an Emmy award-winning storyteller who is passionate about using public media to build empathy. She is currently a senior producer and director at WPSU where, most recently, she developed, produced, directed, and wrote Speaking Grief, a multiplatform initiative that works to create a more grief-aware society; she continues to produce content for the initiative’s presence on Facebook and Instagram.

You Can’t Say That, which Lindsey produced, was among eight U.S. programs selected to screen at the 2013 International Public Television Screening (INPUT) conference; it was also honored with a Mid-Atlantic Emmy Award. Some of Lindsey’s other projects include A Time to Heal, Pennsylvania Folklore: Woven Together,and The First Step. She also served as a host for the WPSU-FM series Take Note. 

Lindsey is heavily involved with WPSU’s diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. Her dedication to making the station’s culture and content more inclusive was recognized with the 2020 Penn State Outreach and Online Education Inclusiveness Award.

https://lindseywhisselfenton.com/about/

https://speakinggrief.org