Rebecca Sananés

Rebecca Sananés is an American producer, journalist and media personality. She was the co-creator and executive producer of Archetypes,[1] alongside Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and the lead producer on Pivot hosted by Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway.[2]

Career

Sananés attended the University of Vermont and received her M.S. in Journalism from Boston University. She first decided to become a journalist after she made a short documentary during her time volunteering at a reforestation and health clinic non-profit in Borneo, Indonesia.[1]

She has worked across public radio stations, including WBUR Boston[3] and Vermont Public Radio.[4] Her work has been featured across national NPR programming including on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and The World.[2]

After graduate school she reported on the ground in Cuba about HIV/AIDS and the LGBTQIA+ community through a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis reporting. The work was presented at the XXI International AIDS Conference, 2016 and was published in the book To End AIDS.[5]

Rebecca moved into the commercial podcasting space after 2016, starting as the inaugural in-house producer at The Skimm before moving on to Vox Media.[6] At Vox Media and New York (magazine) she produced the podcast Land of the Giants and developed and lead-produced the podcast Pivot with Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway.[7]

In 2021 she was recruited to be the first Head of Audio at Archewell, Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex’s media company.[8] There she co-created and Executive Produced the podcast Archetypes, which became the number one podcast in the world for several weeks.[9]

Sananés is currently a consultant, developing her own slate of podcasts and occasional commentator at Vanity Fair (magazine).[10]

References
  1. Spangler, Todd (2 July 2021). "Prince Harry, Meghan Markle's Archewell Hires Podcast Producer Rebecca Sananes as Head of Audio". Variety magazine.
  2. White, Peter (2 July 2021). "Prince Harry & Meghan Markle's Archewell Hires 'Pivot's Rebecca Sananes As Head Of Audio". Deadline Hollywood.
  3. "How Chemicals From A Dartmouth Waste Site Contaminated A N.H. Family's Drinking Water". www.wbur.org.
  4. "Rebecca Sananes Joins VPR News As Upper Valley Reporter". Vermont Public. 25 April 2016.
  5. "Pulitzer Center Launches 'To End AIDS'". Pulitzer Center.
  6. Schwartzel, Erich. "Prince Harry and Meghan Hustle to Become Royalty—in Hollywood". The Wall Street Journal.
  7. Chan, J. Clara (2 July 2021). "Prince Harry, Meghan Markle Hire Rebecca Sananes as Head of Audio for Podcast Studio". The Hollywood Reporter.
  8. "Duchess Meghan Announces 'Archetypes' Podcast Series About Women". Harper's Bazaar. 24 March 2022.
  9. "Meghan Markle's 'Archetypes' Podcast Tops Spotify Charts Around the World". People mag.
  10. "Spotify Is Reportedly Hiring More Employees to Work on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Projects". Vanity Fair. 26 January 2022.
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