John Dillon
Senior ReporterJohn worked for VPR in 2001-2021 as reporter and News Director. Previously, John was a staff writer for the Sunday Times Argus and the Sunday Rutland Herald, responsible for breaking stories and in-depth features on local issues. He has also served as Communications Director for the Vermont Health Care Authority and Bureau Chief for UPI in Montpelier.
John was honored with two regional Edward R. Murrow Awards in 2007 for his reporting on VPR. He was the lead reporter for a VPR series on climate change that in 2008 won a national Edward R. Murrow award for continuing coverage. In 2009, John's coverage of an asbestos mine in northern Vermont was recognized with a regional investigative reporting award from the Radio-Television News Directors Association.
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A popular state park on Lake Champlain is about to get bigger, thanks to a purchase of waterfront land by The Nature Conservancy.The Alburgh Dunes State鈥� -
Act 250, the state's main development review law, turned 50-years-old last year, and critics, including Gov. Phil Scott, say the law is showing its age.鈥� -
In the midst of a global pandemic, it鈥檚 easy to forget that there are other terrible diseases in the world, ones that we know very little about. Consider鈥� -
A committee devoted to cleaning up Lake Champlain is asking some tough questions about Vermont鈥檚 signature dairy industry.The Lake Champlain Citizen鈥� -
State officials are working to address a problem involving the physics of electricity, the surge in solar development and a local transmission grid that鈥� -
Neighbors of a large Addison County dairy farm want to stop its expansion. But the farm 鈥� which faces state fines for environmental violations that date鈥� -
Brave Little StateThe pandemic has shifted even more of our lives online. So what's being done to address Vermont's internet inequities?That's what Maggie Eppstein of鈥� -
Attorney General TJ Donovan is close to wrapping up an investigation into charges that the state鈥檚 largest solid waste district illegally dumped glass for鈥� -
Updated 6:42 a.m. 11/4/2020Democrat Molly Gray will be Vermont's next lieutenant governor, according to unofficial returns.Gray was ahead of Republican鈥� -
Northern Vermont's Green River Reservoir is a haven for wildlife and quiet water enthusiasts. It's also under threat because of a long-running dispute鈥�
