Lindsey Whissel Fenton (she/her) is an Emmy award-winning filmmaker and international speaker who is passionate about using media to build empathy and connection. She currently works as a senior producer and director at the PBS/NPR affiliate station WPSU, where she uses her experience as a creator, outreach strategist, fundraiser, and learning designer to develop and deliver meaningful content across multiple platforms.

Certified in Thanatology through the Association of Death Education and Counseling (ADEC), Fenton focuses on projects related to grief, trauma, and mental health. She produced and directed Speaking Grief, a multiplatform initiative that works to create a more grief-aware society. The initiative received three Emmy® Nominations (Mid-Atlantic Chapter) and was honored with a Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters (PAB) Award for Outstanding Documentary. Fenton continues to manage Speaking Grief’s social media presence, @wpsugrief. 

Related projects include Learning Grief, an online educational resource that’s currently in development and Follow the Nudge, a mobile application that helps grief supporters align their actions with their intent. Through her role at WPSU, she has collaborated with the New York Life Insurance Company to create a training on grief in the workplace and the Trauma and Grief (TAG) Center at the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute (MMHPI) to develop a scalable method of delivering training on trauma-informed practices to schools and law enforcement.

Lindsey Whissel Fenton (she/her) is an Emmy award-winning filmmaker and international speaker who is passionate about using media to build empathy and connection. She currently works as a senior producer and director at the PBS/NPR affiliate station WPSU, where she uses her experience as a creator, outreach strategist, fundraiser, and learning designer to develop and deliver meaningful content across multiple platforms.

Certified in Thanatology through the Association of Death Education and Counseling (ADEC), Fenton focuses on projects related to grief, trauma, and mental health. She produced and directed Speaking Grief, a multiplatform initiative that works to create a more grief-aware society. The initiative received three Emmy® Nominations (Mid-Atlantic Chapter) and was honored with a Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters (PAB) Award for Outstanding Documentary. Fenton continues to manage Speaking Grief’s social media presence, @wpsugrief. 

Related projects include Learning Grief, an online educational resource that’s currently in development and Follow the Nudge, a mobile application that helps grief supporters align their actions with their intent. Through her role at WPSU, she has collaborated with the New York Life Insurance Company to create a training on navigating grief in the workplace and the Trauma and Grief (TAG) Center at the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute (MMHPI) to develop a scalable method of delivering training on trauma-informed practices to schools and law enforcement.

Fenton is the founder of Empathic Media, a company that works with clients from non-profit organizations to provide thoughtful and compelling content creation services. She’s also the creator, producer, and host of The Apologies Podcast. Fenton serves on the board of directors for the National Alliance for Children’s Grief (NACG) and is a member of the communications committee for the Association for Death Education Counseling (ADEC).

Fenton was a keynote speaker at the 44th ADEC Conference and has presented and served as a panelist on grief awareness and educational outreach to a variety of organizations, including the NACG, the National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA), American Public Television (APT), the PBS Annual Meeting, and Comic Con San Diego, among others. Fenton earned her bachelor’s degree in Cinema and Digital Arts from Point Park University and her master’s degree in Learning, Design, and Technology from Penn State. She is a dog-mom, an avid reader, and rock climber. Fenton divides her time between her hometown, Buffalo, NY, and the Conneticut Shoreline.