Jennifer Vanasco is an editor on the NPR Culture Desk, where she also reports on theater, visual arts, cultural institutions, the intersection of tech/culture and the economics of the arts.
She previously worked at Member station WNYC in New York, where for almost nine years, she wore many hats — Arts & Culture Desk editor, evening news editor, fill-in host and newscaster, regular contributor to the arts show "All of It" and award-winning arts reporter. She teaches audio journalism in Columbia University's journalism graduate program and is on the faculty of the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center National Critics Institute.
Before audio journalism, she was editor in chief of MTV's 365Gay.com, which at the time was the country's largest LGBTQ+ news site; created and wrote the Minority Reports column for Columbia Journalism Review; and for over a decade was a syndicated newspaper columnist on gay issues.
She has received many awards for her work, including the New York Radio Festivals Silver Award, the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association Excellence in Radio Award, the National Headline Award, the Peter Lisagor Award, plus awards from the Associated Press, the New York State Broadcasters Association, the Webbys and others. She graduated from Wellesley College.
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After 17 countries and audiences of thousands, the concert celebrating the 40th anniversary of the landmark musical is drawing to...
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After 17 countries and audiences of thousands, the concert celebrating the 40th anniversary of the landmark musical is drawing to...
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At Free Shakespeare in the Park in New York, real weddings are happening every night after a production of Romeo... -
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The 79th Annual Tony Awards celebrated the best of Broadway performances on Sunday in New York, but the star of... -
Two musicals are tied with 12 nominations each: a special-effects-crammed The Lost Boys, and the candy-colored satire Schmigadoon! The Pulitzer-winning...
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Basel Zaraa was a Palestinian refugee. When his 5-year-old daughter started asking him questions, he told her this story.
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For the first time in the United States, there's a major retrospective of the work of the Renaissance master Raphael.
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Mr. Flower Fantastic is a graffiti artist turned floral designer who keeps his identity a secret. His new show is... -
A new play, "An Ark", is one of the first to be created and produced for mixed reality. It recently...
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An important work from a rediscovered artist has been absent from public view since the 1970s. A New York curator... -
Nearly 1,000 women from around the country flew to New York City to audition for the dance troupe on its...