Francesca Rheannon

Francesca Rheannon

Francesca Rheannon is producer and host of Writer’s Voice. A life-long bibliophile, reading is her favorite thing to do and books are her preferred decor.

Rheannon is a writer, independent radio producer and a freelance print and broadcast journalist. In November 2006 she won the prestigious Nancy Dickerson Whitehead Award for Excellence in Reporting on Drug and Alcohol Issues for her five-part news series, VOICES OF HIV, produced for National Public Radio affiliate station, 88.5 WFCR in Amherst, MA. (more info below on the series). Rheannon’s radio pieces have appeared on NPR and public and community radio stations around the country.

Rheannon also co-produces Sea Change Radio, a weekly radio show and podcast on sustainability. She has written on sustainability for E-The Environmental Magazine, SocialFunds.com, CSRwire.com, The CRO, and New Solutions.

She produces podcasts for others, like Techcast at UMass, for the Office of Commercial Ventures and Intellectual Property at the University of Massachusetts and Arc of Change (with Bill Baue) for the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility.

But she’s not just a wonk! Her essay, “The Shepherd’s Mantra”, was published in the anthology, “Traveler’s Tales Provence” (Traveler’s Tales Press, 2003). It is excerpted from her book-in-progress, A PROVINCE OF THE HEART. And THE ILLEGAL MAN, her book about her father’s life in the Dutch Underground during World War II is slowly making it’s way into print, with a chapter (in English) published in this book.

Francesca is a member of AIR (Association of Independents in Radio).