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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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. -
Lawmakers this session considered major changes to Act 250, Vermont鈥檚 biggest land use and development law. They tussled with Gov. Scott over how Act 250 is governed and new environmental protections, ultimately scoring a veto. But they also made some headway when it comes to making Act 250 friendlier to affordable housing projects in village centers. So what made it to the finish line? -
Vermont Green Football Club is a newly formed soccer league in Vermont that's committed to environmental sustainability and outreach to Vermont's newest arrivals. -
Montpelier native Eric Brooks will be filling in as guest host of the VPR Choral Hour while VPR Classical host Linda Radtke takes some time away from the program. -
Each year the Vermont Agency of Education releases what they call its Annual Snapshot 鈥� a glimpse into how Vermont schools are faring, using quantitative data. It's designed to show progress and change over time. But this year, because of ongoing COVID impacts, the Snapshot reveals mostly uncertainty. -
The Latchis Theatre in Brattleboro is one of many places around the country screening the film Utica: The Last Refuge this week. It's an award-winning documentary that highlights the success Utica, New York has had welcoming refugees into the community. -
Last week, Abenaki representatives from the Odanak First Nation addressed an uncomfortable, long-simmering dispute. Odanak citizens and officials said Vermont's state-recognized tribes are misrepresenting themselves as Abenaki 鈥� and profiting from it 鈥� when they are not Indigenous. -
On May 1, farmworkers and their advocates will join together to call on Hannaford Supermarkets to join the Milk with Dignity program 鈥� for the third year in a row.Milk with Dignity is a program created by Migrant Justice, a human rights organization founded and led by immigrant farmworkers in Vermont. It enlists the resources and market power of companies to improve labor and housing conditions on dairy farms. -
El primero de mayo, trabajadores de granja y sus defensores, se van a juntar para pedirle a Hannaford Supermarkets que se una a su programa de Leche con Dignidad por tercer a帽o consecutivo.Leche con Dignidad, en ingl茅s Milk with Dignity, es un programa creado por Migrant Justice 鈥� una organizaci贸n que defiende los derechos humanos, fundada y liderada por agricultores inmigrantes en Vermont. Esta brinda recursos y busca que los l铆deres de compa帽铆as mejoren las condiciones laborales y de alojamiento en su granjas.
