The WBUR Festival

Meagan McGinnes-Bessey is the managing editor of digital audience & community engagement at WBUR, Boston's largest NPR newsroom. She oversees the newsletter and social media teams.

Her mouthful of a title really means thinking about the ways and places WBUR can bring its local journalism to more communities — and then how to better connect while there. That could be through newsletters, on our website, on Instagram, YouTube, in person at WBUR CitySpace or... Read More →

Jeni Britton is the founder of Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, renowned for reinventing artisanal ice cream nationwide. Named one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People and an Aspen Institute Henry Crown Fellow, Jeni has spent recent years pioneering a new fiber revolution. As the founder of Floura, sh... Read More →