Aniya Faulcon is The Spark Host/Producer for WITF. She has a passion for shining a light on unique people, experiences, and perspectives within the community.
Previously she worked as the People and Social Trends Reporter/Video Anchor for LancasterOnline | LNPNews. During her time there, she created video packages, provided Facebook Live coverage at community events, and wrote data-driven stories with census data and feature stories on local leaders, non-profit organizations, events, and people with unique talents and experiences within Lancaster County.
Aniya also worked at WMAR ABC 2 News as a Sales Assistant and at the AFRO American Newspapers as an Executive Assistant and Media correspondent. Aniya interned at WEAA Gospel Grace 88.9 and worked at her alma mater’s radio station, WWPJ at Point Park University, where she gained skills and a passion for radio.
Aniya grew up in Baltimore, Maryland and attended the Baltimore School for the arts for high school with a concentration in acting. She continued to hone her skills and passion for storytelling and later graduated from Point Park University in 2018 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting and Broadcast Reporting. Aniya is eager to continue her journey with storytelling in her role with WITF, as she aims to shed a light on real people and real stories within Pennsylvania in a variety of mediums.
Bead Fest
Airdate: August 3, 2022
After a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19, Bead Fest is back and will be held in person this year for the first time in Lancaster.
August 17th through the 20th , Bead Fest will celebrate 20 years of existence at the Lancaster Marriot in Penn Square, 25 South Queen St., and plans to bring shopping, educational workshops, vendors, and more.
With an expectation of about 4,000 attendees for this year’s Bead Fest, Katie Hacker, content manager for Interweave said she knows it will be special because of Lancaster’s vibrant community and the opportunity to bring people together through jewelry making.
“I think it’s a really powerful therapy for the instructors who are there, for the people who are coming to visit, shop, play, and learn,” said Hacker. “And for us working there, it’s really important for us to be able to get together and share the significance of these objects that are so small, but they really do carry a lot of weight.”
