Jeanne Blake is a medical journalist, author, and affiliated faculty member of the Division on Addictions at Harvard Medical School. She is the creator of Words Can Work and president and founder of Blake Works Inc. (certified as a Woman Owned Business) and Family Health Productions (501 c 3). Her organizations produce, publish, and distribute evidence-based media to help young people, families and communities talk about the public and mental health challenges kids face growing up. (Order products here)

Blake provides consulting services in the field of parent/child communication and speaks nationally to parents, educators, work/life, and health care professionals. She has appeared twice on Oprah, on The Today Show, Cristina, and CNN. Her work has been featured on NPR and Bloomberg Radio. See Blake's Speaking schedule

Blake is author and publisher of the Words Can Work® series of booklets. The films she has produced are integrated into wellness, health, and education programs worldwide for young people, parents and professionals.

Blake is host and executive producer of About Health TV, an award-winning, nationally distributed television program.

In 2010 – 2011 Blake partnered with the Satcher Health Leadership Institute, founded by former U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher, M.D., to plan and moderate NFL-sponsored Town Hall Meetings on mental health in American cities that are home to National Football League teams.

In 2007, Blake served as executive producer to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Parents Matter program, which helps parents talk with their kids about sexual health. Blake oversaw all production of video content.

From 1984 to 1991 Blake was a medical reporter and news anchor at Boston's NBC-TV affiliate where she created the station's medical beat. Blake earned the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Journalism Award for her coverage of HIV/AIDS. She was recognized by Americans for Democratic Action and honored by the Human Rights Campaign for her coverage of health care issues. Blake is the 2010 recipient of the Humanitarian Award for her work on mental health, awarded by the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology.

Risky Times: How to be AIDS-Smart and Stay Healthy, by Jeanne Blake (Workman, 1991), which was seen on the Tonight Show With Jay Leno was named to the American Library Association's list of Best Books for the Young Adult Reader and Best Books for the Reluctant Reader. More than 250,000 copies of the book are in print in English, Spanish, and Japanese.

Blake is a trustee of McLean Hospital, the largest psychiatric facility of Harvard Medical School. She served as a member of American Psychological Association's Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls, and was a Kaiser Media Fellow in Health. Blake is the volunteer president of The Perfect Storm Foundation. She lives in Gloucester, Massachusetts and New York City.