Lindsey Whissel Fenton, MEd, CT is an Emmy award-winning filmmaker, international speaker, and grief educator. In her current role as a senior producer/director and instructional designer at PBS/NPR affiliate WPSU, Lindsey draws upon her experience in content creation, outreach strategy, fundraising, and learning design to develop meaningful media across multiple platforms.

Certified in Thanatology through the Association of Death Education and Counseling (ADEC), Lindsey focuses on projects related to grief, trauma, and mental health. She produced and directed Speaking Grief, a multiplatform resource 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. Lindsey continues to manage Speaking Grief’s social media presence, @wpsugrief. 

Related projects include Learning Grief, an online educational resource that helps adults nurture grief literacy in kids and teens, and Follow the Nudge, a mobile application that prompts and guides grief supporters. Lindsey has collaborated with the New York Life Insurance Company to create a training on grief in the workplace and with the Trauma and Grief (TAG) Center to develop a scalable method of delivering training on trauma-informed practices to schools and law enforcement. She’s currently working with the Yale Child Study Center to expand its Grief Sensitive Healthcare Project. 

Lindsey Whissel Fenton, MEd, CT is an Emmy award-winning filmmaker, international speaker, and grief educator. In her current role as a senior producer/director and instructional designer at PBS/NPR affiliate WPSU, Lindsey draws upon her experience in content creation, outreach strategy, fundraising, and learning design to develop meaningful media across multiple platforms.

Certified in Thanatology through the Association of Death Education and Counseling (ADEC), Lindsey focuses on projects related to grief, trauma, and mental health. She produced and directed Speaking Grief, a multiplatform resource 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. Lindsey continues to manage Speaking Grief’s social media presence, @wpsugrief. 

Related projects include Learning Grief, an online educational resource that helps adults nurture grief literacy in kids and teens, and Follow the Nudge, a mobile application that prompts and guides grief supporters. Lindsey has collaborated with the New York Life Insurance Company to create a training on grief in the workplace and with the Trauma and Grief (TAG) Center to develop a scalable method of delivering training on trauma-informed practices to schools and law enforcement. She’s currently working with the Yale Child Study Center to expand its Grief Sensitive Healthcare Project. 

Lindsey 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 and serves on the board of directors for the National Alliance for Children’s Grief (NACG).

An sought-after speaker and panelist, Lindsey has presented on grief awareness and educational outreach to a variety of organizations, including ADEC, NACG, the National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA), American Public Television (APT), the PBS Annual Meeting, the University of Hong Kong, and Comic Con San Diego, among others.

Lindsey 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 a rock climber. Originally from Buffalo, NY, Lindsey currently lives on the Connecticut Shoreline with her Morkie, Ellie.