Vanessa Finney
Morning Edition & Classical HostVanessa Finney hosts "My Better Half", ATC News, and weekend classical music on JPR; she also sings in the jazz duet LoveNotes and produces "The Work of Art" for Southern Oregon PBS. Originally from California, she graduated from UCLA then worked as a voiceover artist, radio DJ, and freelance writer before moving to Oregon in 2018.
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In 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom spearheaded “Project Homekey,” to help counties acquire and convert motels into long-term supportive housing for the homeless. Kaiser Health News reporter Anna Maria Barry-Jester recently wrote about people who are benefitting from the program. In her conversation with JPR’s Erik Neumann, she explains why she focused on rural Del Norte County in northwest California.
