Amanda Beland is a senior producer for WBUR. She also reports for the WBUR newsroom.

Previously, she was a senior producer and director for Radio Boston. She produces and reports on many topics including politics, history, health, and the arts. She is particularly interested in stories about food at the intersection of business, the environment and culture.

While at WBUR, Amanda has produced regular conversations with members of Congress, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu. She also contributed to the 2024 Makers series, WBUR’s Field Guide to Boston and reported and produced an episode for the WBUR podcast Last Seen about the origins of Quebec’s famous pie called pâté chinois.

Prior to coming to WBUR, Amanda led the production of In It Together, a nightly radio program on GBH News that examined the impact of the coronavirus pandemic in Massachusetts. From the beginning of lockdown in March 2020 to the easing of restrictions in June 2021, she produced interviews with medical experts, community leaders, and everyday people, all talking about how COVID-19 was connecting each of them in obvious and subtle ways. She also led the production of the Boston version of the Consider This podcast for GBH, and helped produce the station's local All Things Considered program.

Amanda has a master's degree in broadcast journalism from Emerson College and a bachelor's in English and journalism from the University of New Hampshire, the state in which she was born and raised. Even though she moved to the Commonwealth a decade ago, she'll always have a soft spot for the Granite State. Prior to falling in love with public radio, Amanda was a print reporter at newspapers around New England, including the storied Foster’s Daily Democrat.

When she’s not working, Amanda enjoys being outside or perfecting her bread recipes.