Kathleen Masterson
New England News Collaborative ReporterKathleen Masterson as VPR's New England News Collaborative reporter. She covered energy, environment, infrastructure and labor issues for VPR and the collaborative. Kathleen came to Vermont having worked as a producer for NPR鈥檚 science desk and as a beat reporter covering agriculture and the environment.
Kathleen covered food production for Harvest Public Media while based at Iowa Public Radio in Ames, Iowa. She wrote stories ranging from the risks of antibiotic use in livestock feed to how hedge fund managers visit corn fields to bet on the commodities market to how the fracking boom has spurred sand mining in Iowa. As a digital producer for NPR for several years, Kathleen reported science and health stories and produced multimedia series for NPR.org. She covered topics that ranged from human evolution to swine flu to the Affordable Care Act to plastic chemicals BPA and phthalates.
Kathleen has contributed work to NPR, Marketplace, Grist, and NPR-affiliates including KQED and WGBH. She also worked as a digital producer for PBS NOVA, a science writer for University of California, San Francisco and the Morning Edition producer/reporter for VPR.
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Quebec continues to be inundated with asylum-seekers fleeing the U.S. to reach Canada. In order to house the influx of people, the government has opened鈥� -
After years of encouraging solar development, Vermont seems to be attracting the attention of national solar companies.Historically, most Vermont solar鈥� -
You've probably heard about the California gold rush of 1849 鈥� but did you know that Vermont had its own mini-gold rush beginning around that same鈥� -
A new study led by a University of Vermont researcher finds that the majority of farmers say the cost of health insurance is a top concern for the鈥� -
For many scientists, turning the results of their research into tools, products or patents means navigating the challenging 鈥� and often foreign 鈥� world of鈥� -
Brave Little StateThis month on Brave Little State, we鈥檙e doing things a little differently. Instead of taking on one of your questions about Vermont, we鈥檙e taking on three鈥� -
A Vergennes father of six is facing deportation to Mexico in a case that highlights shifting federal immigration enforcement priorities.Juan De La Cruz鈥� -
Activists gathered outside the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility Monday morning to protest the arrest of two Vermont dairy farmworkers originally鈥� -
Migrant Justice and other advocates for Vermont dairy workers plan to march in protest on Saturday in an effort to pressure Ben & Jerry's to come to an鈥� -
In recent months, the number of refugees fleeing the U.S. for Canada has increased. The majority of the illegal crossings are people traveling through鈥�
