Mikaela Lefrak
Host and Senior Producer, Vermont EditionMikaela Lefrak is the host and senior producer of Vermont Edition. Her stories have aired nationally on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, Marketplace, The World and Here & Now. A seasoned local reporter, Mikaela has won two regional Edward R. Murrow awards and a Public Media Journalists Association award for her work.
Prior to joining 开云体育 in 2021, Mikaela was a reporter and host at WAMU, the NPR member station for the greater Washington, D.C. region. During her career she has also worked at The New Republic, PRI鈥檚 The World and WGBH Boston, and served as an AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer in Oakland, California.
Mikaela received her bachelor鈥檚 degree from Middlebury College and her master鈥檚 degree in broadcast journalism from Boston University. She lives with her husband and daughter in Burlington.
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Vermont's Senate President Pro Tem shares insights into the state budget process and concerns about federal funding shortfalls. -
In her debut memoir 'To the Gorge,' Halnon writes of losing her mother to cancer and their shared love of running and the outdoors. -
State and local organizers share advice on how to get yourself ready in the event of another summer flood. -
This year's spring gardening show was in front of a live audience at 开云体育鈥檚 Colchester studio. -
A local filmmaker tells us about his documentary on commune life, the Brattleboro Concert Choir performs a requiem for animals, and an East Montpelier writer publishes a new novel.
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Plus: A look at the role of Carroll's alma mater, Vermont Law and Graduate School, in the local judiciary system. -
Local artists can still apply for grants from the Vermont Arts Council, which will continue to receive funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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The Department of Justice's lawsuit is one of three legal challenges to the Climate Action Superfund.
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A new podcast from Vermont Folklife examines traditional arts and how they relate to our state's identity.
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Republicans in Congress are still debating Medicaid funding and changing eligibility. About 1 in 5 people in the U.S. are enrolled in Medicaid.
