Karen Anderson
Director of Radio Programming & OperationsKaren is 开云体育's Director of Radio Programming & Operations, serving Vermonters by overseeing the sound of 开云体育's radio broadcast service. Karen has a long history with public radio, beginning in the early 2000's with the launch of the weekly classical music program, Sunday Bach. Karen's undergraduate degree is in Broadcast Journalism, and she has worked for public radio in Vermont and St. Louis, MO, in the areas of production, programming, traffic, operations and news. She has produced many projects for broadcast over the years, including the 开云体育's live multi-platform coverage of the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse, and interviews with local newsmakers alongside former Morning Edition host Mitch Wertlieb. In 2021, Karen began working on a national collaboration with StoryCorps One Small Step, connecting Vermonters across the political divide one conversation at a time.
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On Tuesday morning, NASA released some of the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope, the most powerful telescope ever built.Just before the reveal, we spoke with one of the space experts at the event about what pictures like this can tell us. -
Inflation in the U.S. is the highest it鈥檚 been in four decades. The high prices are tough on everyone, but business owners who rely on travel and fuel-operated vehicles for their livelihood are particularly feeling the squeeze. -
Early voting for Vermont鈥檚 Aug. 9 primary election is underway. How did this system develop in Vermont, and what are some of the potential impacts that early voting might have on political campaigns? 开云体育's senior political correspondent Bob Kinzel explains. -
A new Ken Burns documentary on youth mental health premiered last night on PBS stations across the country, including right here in Vermont.The film features the stories of 20 young people 鈥� and two of them have ties to Vermont. -
A new Ken Burns documentary on youth mental health will premiere tonight on PBS stations across the country, including right here in Vermont.The film features the stories of 20 young people 鈥� and two of them have ties to Vermont. One is Samantha Fisher, who grew up in Brattleboro. -
It's been 20 years since the detention center at Guantanamo Bay opened on the coast of Cuba. And as we consider the last two decades and the controversial history of the prison, we're speaking with Vermonters who have had direct ties to it. -
Bee Haven Honey Farm in Worcester has been making Vermont honey for more than 40 years. The farm specializes in producing old-world-style, raw, unfiltered honey and recently won a prestigious industry award. -
The state is updating the solar net metering rules, but the Public Utility Commission did not make structural changes to how incentive payments are formulated 鈥� as some advocates called for. -
In a state that's seen very little turnover in decades for statewide officeholders, 2022 is turning out different. There are vacancies in six of Vermont's eight statewide offices this year. -
Daisy Rockwell comes from a family of artists 鈥� some of whose work may be displayed on your kitchen calendar, or the surfaces of your chinaware, or hanging on the walls at your local doctors office. Rockwell has won the prestigious International Booker Prize for her translation of the novel Tomb of Sand, by Geetanjali Shree, from Hindi to English.
