Vanessa Fica

Producer

Vanessa Fica has worked on four films for FRONTLINE: the Emmy-nominated "Love, Life & The Virus," "American Voices," the Peabody-nominated "COVID’s Hidden Toll," and "Boeing's Fatal Flaw."

Fica spent more than a decade at 60 Minutes, the highest-rated news program in history. She reported stories from more than a dozen countries, including Mohammed bin Salman’s first interview with American television and a series on Christians in the Middle East. Fica's landmark investigation of an airline’s troubling safety culture and the FAA’s lack of oversight won an Edward R. Murrow Award and was nominated for an Emmy Award.

Prior to 60 Minutes, Fica coordinated breaking news coverage between the CBS Evening News and CBS Radio News newsrooms.

Fica studied Broadcast Journalism and Latin American studies and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from New York University. She currently lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Twitter:

@vanessaofica

Email:

FrontlineEditors@wgbh.org

Website:

https://www.vanessa-fica.com/

Location:

Brooklyn, New York

1h 54m
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The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump
FRONTLINE investigates the lives and characters of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump as they seek the presidency.
September 24, 2024
1h 53m
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Biden's Decision
FRONTLINE tells the inside story of Biden’s rise to the presidency, the personal and political forces that shaped him and led to his dramatic decision to step aside.
August 6, 2024
2h 24m
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Democracy on Trial
FRONTLINE investigates the roots of the criminal cases against former President Trump stemming from his 2020 election loss.
January 30, 2024
54m
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McConnell, the GOP & the Court
How Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell helped transform the Supreme Court and U.S. politics.
October 31, 2023
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Putin's Crisis
How Russian President Vladimir Putin reached this moment of crisis.
July 11, 2023
1h 54m
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Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power and the Supreme Court
As controversy erupts around Clarence and Ginni Thomas, FRONTLINE tells the inside story of their path to power.
May 9, 2023
54m
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Putin and the Presidents
FRONTLINE tells the story of Vladimir Putin’s clashes with American presidents as he’s tried to rebuild the Russian empire.
January 31, 2023
1h 54m
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Lies, Politics and Democracy
Ahead of the 2022 midterms, a look at American political leaders and choices they've made that have undermined and threatened democracy in the U.S.
September 6, 2022
1h 24m
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Pelosi's Power
An examination of the powerful and polarizing Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi.
March 22, 2022
54m
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Putin's Road to War
FRONTLINE tells the inside story of what led to Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine.
March 15, 2022
54m
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Boeing’s Fatal Flaw
As new questions arise about Boeing’s troubled 737 Max jet, FRONTLINE and The New York Times update an award-winning investigation about the crashes that killed 346 people.
March 12, 2024