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Jennifer Vanasco

News Editor, WNYC News

Jennifer Vanasco

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Jennifer Vanasco (Amy Pearl/WNYC)

Jennifer Vanasco is the News and Culture editor at WNYC, where she edits the daily news for air and arts features, and covers the arts and the economics of culture.

She previously was the Minority Reports columnist for Columbia Journalism Review, where she analyzed how the mainstream media covered social minorities, and the editor in chief of MTV's LGBT news and politics website 365gay.com. Her nationally-syndicated, weekly newspaper column Common Life ran for 14 years and won the Peter Lisagor Award for opinion writing from the Society of Professional Journalists three times. She has also won the New York Radio Festivals Silver Award, the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association Excellence in Radio Award, the National Headline Award, plus other awards from the Associated Press, the New York State Broadcasters Association, the Webbys and others. She's published work in anthologies, and was a fellow at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center and SPACE at Ryder Farm. She is an adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia University, is on the faculty of the critic's program at the O'Neill, and was invited by the U.S. State Department to coach Iraqi journalists on media ethics at the United Nations. She graduated from Wellesley. You can follow her on Twitter @JenniferVanasco

Jennifer Vanasco appears in the following:

Watch Lin-Manuel Miranda, Josh Groban, cast of 'Hamilton' celebrate 'Sweeney Todd'

Friday, May 05, 2023

NPR

By Jennifer Vanasco : News Editor, WNYC News

The casts of both shows joined together to sing a parody song penned by Miranda.

'Some Like It Hot' leads with 13 Tony Award nominations

Tuesday, May 02, 2023

NPR

By Jennifer Vanasco : News Editor, WNYC News

J. Harrison Ghee (Some Like It Hot) and Alex Newell (Shucked) are the first nonbinary actors to be nominated for Tonys, and today's announcement also highlighted three plays which have won Pulitzers.

When people are less important than beaches: Puerto Rican artists at the Whitney

Wednesday, January 25, 2023

NPR

By Jennifer Vanasco : News Editor, WNYC News

Puerto Rican artists wrestle with what Hurricane Maria revealed about their country's flaws and strengths in an exhibit at the Whitney Museum of American Art. (Story aired on ATC on Jan. 7, 2023.)

When people are less important than beaches: Puerto Rican artists at the Whitney

Saturday, January 07, 2023

NPR

By Jennifer Vanasco : News Editor, WNYC News

The first major exhibit of Puerto Rican art on the mainland in 50 years wrestles with the question: Who is Puerto Rico for?

This man's recordings spent years under a recliner — they've now found a new home

Thursday, January 05, 2023

NPR

By Jennifer Vanasco : News Editor, WNYC News

More than a century ago, a Met librarian made some of the first live music recordings. Now, (with an assist from NPR) 16 of the Mapleson Cylinders are joining the New York Public Library collection.

How to watch the Emmys on Monday night

Friday, September 09, 2022

NPR

By / Jennifer Vanasco : News Editor, WNYC News

You've got questions? We've got answers.

A new NYC Met exhibit explores the complicated role water plays for indigenous groups

Monday, July 11, 2022

NPR

By Jennifer Vanasco : News Editor, WNYC News

A new exhibit at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art explores how Native Americans have used water and highlights the politicization of the resource.

A provocative exhibit at NYC's Met Museum takes a new point of view

Monday, July 04, 2022

NPR

By Jennifer Vanasco : News Editor, WNYC News

The exhibit explores how Native Americans have used water. But it also points out how political water is.

Pulitzer Prize-winning play 'Fat Ham' takes 'Hamlet' in unexpected directions

Saturday, July 02, 2022

NPR

By Jennifer Vanasco : News Editor, WNYC News

James Ijames' adaptation of Shakespeare's play is less a tragedy than a triumphant comedy.

6 takeaways from the 2022 Tony Awards

Monday, June 13, 2022

NPR

By Jennifer Vanasco : News Editor, WNYC News

Ariana DeBose should host everything. Jennifer Hudson makes history. And we should all celebrate understudies.

The 2022 Tony Award winners

Sunday, June 12, 2022

NPR

By Jennifer Vanasco : News Editor, WNYC News

The 75th Annual Tony Awards celebrated Broadway's first full season after the pandemic shutdown. Here is a list of the nominees and winners.

Encore: A new app guides visitors through NYC's Chinatown with hidden stories

Thursday, June 02, 2022

NPR

By Jennifer Vanasco : News Editor, WNYC News

A new audio soundwalk app reintroduces visitors to Manhattan's Chinatown by exploring the oral histories of those whose families came to the area.

A new app guides visitors through NYC's Chinatown with hidden stories

Friday, May 27, 2022

NPR

By Jennifer Vanasco : News Editor, WNYC News

Composer George Lam wanted people to experience a landmark neighborhood from the inside.

Encore: She inscribed 120,000 pennies with a pandemic message. Is one in your pocket?

Thursday, May 19, 2022

NPR

By Jennifer Vanasco : News Editor, WNYC News

As part of a public art project, 120,000 pennies modified by an artist have been released through delis and bodegas. The project connects the fragility of the economy with the losses of COVID.

A Review of the Nominations for the 75th Tony Awards

Tuesday, May 10, 2022

The Tony Nominations were announced Monday. NPR editor Jay Vanasco talks about what stood out to her.

List of the 2022 Tony Nominations

Monday, May 09, 2022

NPR

By Jennifer Vanasco : News Editor, WNYC News

The American Theatre Wing announced nominations today for the 75th annual awards.

She inscribed 120,000 NYC pennies with a pandemic message. Is one in your pocket?

Thursday, May 05, 2022

NPR

By Jennifer Vanasco : News Editor, WNYC News

Artist Jill Magid inscribed pennies with "The body was already so fragile" — and now brings a film of the process to Brooklyn, giving people a chance to reflect on the pandemic.

Public art project 'Tender' explores the vulnerability of our economy and bodies

Wednesday, May 04, 2022

NPR

By Jennifer Vanasco : News Editor, WNYC News

As part of the project, 120,000 pennies modified by an artist have been released through delis and bodegas. The project connects the fragility of the economy with the losses of COVID.

Mystery recordings will now be heard for the first time in about 100 years

Tuesday, April 05, 2022

NPR

By Jennifer Vanasco : News Editor, WNYC News

The New York Public Library recently received a machine that will read cracked and scratched wax cylinders — which include some of the earliest recorded audio.

A Final 'The Get Out' with Jennifer Vanasco

Thursday, February 03, 2022

Jennifer Vanasco comes on All Of It for a final installment of her ongoing series 'The Get Out,' where she discusses what to do in the city this weekend.

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