The Vermont Treasurer’s office and the state’s pension investment committee are joining a group of large global investors to call on oil, gas and coal companies to calculate the financial risk of continued dependence on fossil fuel resources. Sen. Leahy leads bipartisan effort to reign in NSA electronic surveillance. The Vermont chapter of ACLU holds conference in Montpelier on government surveillance. Brattleboro police to be out if force to prevent vandalism on Halloween and the night before.
Melody is the Contributing Editor for But Why: A Podcast For Curious Kids and the co-author of two But Why books with Jane Lindholm.
A graduate of NYU with a Master's Degree in journalism, Mitch has more than 20 years experience in radio news. He got his start as news director at NYU's college station, and moved on to a news director (and part-time DJ position) for commercial radio station WMVY on Martha's Vineyard. But public radio was where Mitch wanted to be and he eventually moved on to Boston where he worked for six years in a number of different capacities at member station WBUR...as a Senior Producer, Editor, and fill-in co-host of the nationally distributed Here and Now. Mitch has been a guest host of the national NPR sports program "Only A Game". He's also worked as an editor and producer for international news coverage with Monitor Radio in Boston.
