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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The effect of the Trump administration's cuts to The Department of Education is causing a lot of uncertainty among educators. -
Vermont's famous big cats are rumored to be roaming the woods and hills. Here's how to know if you really did spot one in the wild. -
In his latest novel, the Weybridge author tells a story of romance and heroism during the Civil War. -
Dr. David Krag and his team are sifting through around 43,000 studies about opioids and addiction to create an easy-to-access research database. -
The price of health insurance is increasing in many states, but in Vermont, they're increasing at extraordinary rates.
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The proposed center will provide medical supervision to people using illegal drugs. -
Town and state leaders are working to improve humans' relationship with beavers to support flood resiliency. -
Sen. Welch discusses Trump's tax on Canadian goods. Vermont Commerce Secretary and a Montreal reporter discuss how the tariffs will play out on either side of the border. -
We hear about some of the votes happening around the state this Town Meeting Day, and take a look back at the day's history.
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Town officials from Burlington, Swanton, Plainfield, Bennington and Rockingham discuss important issues from their Town Meeting Day ballots.
