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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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. -
A Vermont microbiologist, food safety official and dairy farmer explain how raw milk is tested and regulated. -
Food writer and editor Melissa Pasanen shares updates from our region's food and drink scene.
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Made HereTommy Hyde's documentary Underdog tells the story of Middlebury farmer and dog musher Doug Butler. -
Black Vermonters have helped shape the state throughout history, arts and culture.
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UVM's head of child psychiatry describes the science and therapeutic uses of SSRI's, and reacts to RFK Jr.'s assertion that these drugs are overprescribed to children. -
Governor Phil Scott asks lawmakers to revise some of the state鈥檚 signature climate legislation. -
Among DOGE's federal funding cuts, tariffs, and proposed cuts to Medicaid, there is a lot of change happening in the federal budget. Vermont State Treasurer Mike Pieciak, Senate minority leader Scott Beck, and a recently-fired USDA worker give us their thoughts.
