Emily Corwin
Investigative Reporter and EditorEmily Corwin reported investigative stories for VPR until August 2020. In 2019, Emily was part of a two-newsroom team which revealed that patterns of inadequate care at Vermont's eldercare facilities had led to indignities, injuries, and deaths. The consequent series, "," won a national Edward R. Murrow award for investigative reporting, and placed second for a 2019 IRE Award. Her work editing VPR's podcast , about an averted school shooting, and reporting NHPR's podcast , about one man's transition home from prison, made her a finalist for a Livingston Award in 2019 and 2020. Emily was also a regular reporter and producer on , helping the podcast earn a National Edward R. Murrow Award for its work in 2020. When she's not working, she enjoys cross country skiing and biking.
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Updated 5:38 p.m. 5/31/2020 to reflect added information from Burlington Police Chief Jennifer Morrison.Hundreds of protesters pressed into the parking鈥� -
On April 16, I asked Harry Norway if the pandemic had changed much about life in prison in Mississippi. Norway is one of over 200 men incarcerated by the鈥� -
Brave Little StateIf people 鈥� particularly elderly people 鈥� don't want doctors to take extreme measures to potentially save their lives, does that increase Vermont's鈥� -
Vermont is one of a small handful of states to offer free COVID-19 testing even to asymptomatic residents who aren鈥檛 essential workers. So far, the state鈥� -
Beginning this weekend, almost anyone in Vermont can get tested for COVID-19 who wants to. That is, except those most vulnerable to infection: People in鈥� -
Over the last two months, inmates and the Vermont Department of Corrections have offered conflicting accounts about the availability of alcohol-based hand鈥� -
A judge has denied bail to Frank Sanville, 73, a man accused of murdering his wife. Sanville had argued his age made him vulnerable to COVID-19, and cited鈥� -
Vermont Is Trying To Shrink Its Prison Population, But 350 Inmates Are Locked Up Past Their MinimumsPrisons are like cruise ships or nursing homes: they are among the riskiest places to be during this pandemic.Today, about 350 Vermont inmates are past鈥� -
Vermont law allows the Department of Corrections to reward heroic and selfless acts with a 30-day sentence reduction. Some men in the kitchen crew at the鈥� -
The Vermont Department of Corrections has confirmed that inmates at some facilities don't have access to mental health services. Chris Burnor, a man held鈥�
