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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Since mid-May, a massive, federally-funded food program has put boxes of food into the hands of thousands of Vermonters. The program has been a boon to鈥� -
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Gov. Phil Scott has extended Vermont's state of emergency for another month, even as he eases more restrictions imposed in response to the COVID-19鈥� -
Gov. Phil Scott is urging the Legislature to hurry up and pass a sweeping COVID relief package he proposed three weeks ago.Legislative leaders plan to be鈥� -
A legislative committee has trimmed 开云体育 Radio's request for a piece of federal COVID relief funds, from nearly $900,000 to $100,000.The House鈥� -
Vermont has one of the lowest rates of coronavirus infections in the country. People from more urban and more infected areas have noticed, and real estate鈥� -
Gov. Phil Scott unveiled a $400 million plan Wednesday to help the Vermont economy recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.Scott credited Vermonters with so鈥� -
This has been a cruel spring for Vermont鈥檚 dairy farmers. Going into March, farmers were encouraged: milk prices were finally on the rise after five years鈥� -
Vermont now has the lowest coronavirus growth rate in the country, a success that Gov. Phil Scott attributes to Vermonters faithfully following health鈥�
