Angela Evancie
Senior VP of ContentAngela Evancie serves as Vermont Public's Senior VP of Content, and was the Director of Engagement Journalism and the Executive Producer of Brave Little State, the station's people-powered journalism project.
Brave Little State answers audience questions about Vermont. Its people-powered method has resulted in coverage of everything from youth flight and mysterious road names to climate change and Vermont's overwhelming whiteness. In its first four years of production, the show was recognized with five Edward R. Murrow awards — two national awards in the news documentary category, and three regional awards for news documentary and use of sound — as well as a 1st Place Public Media Journalists Association (PMJA) Award for Audience Engagement.
Angela launched the show in 2016 with former Vermont Public All Things Considered host Alex Keefe. In 2017, she became Vermont Public's first managing editor for podcasts, and helped incubate signature projects such as JOLTED, My Heart Still Beats and The Frequency, Vermont Public's daily news podcast.
Angela joined Vermont Public's news team in 2013 as as a digital producer; she became the station's first digital editor for news in 2015. Her work on the team helped earn Vermont Public a 2016 national Edward R. Murrow Excellence in Video award for a Lego explanation of how the Iowa caucus works, a 2015 Associated Press Media Editors (APME) Community Engagement award for Vermont Public's Traces Project and a 2014 Public Radio News Directors Incorporated (PRNDI) award for Vermont Public's multimedia campaign coverage.
Angela has contributed work to NPR, This American Life, Here and Now and The Atlantic, among other outlets. She launched her journalism career with a 2010 Compton Mentor Fellowship and a 2011 Middlebury Fellowship in Environmental Journalism.
Angela attended Middlebury College and holds a master of arts degree from the Middlebury Bread Loaf School of English. A native of Addison County, she now lives in the Upper Valley.
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Brave Little StateBrave Little State tells the story of the secretive Space Research Corporation, and its founder Gerald Bull, whose talent and ambition led him down a perilous path. -
Brave Little StateVermont’s messy transition from winter to spring always brings its fair share of surprises and obstacles. This year was no exception: The mud came early, and it came often. -
Brave Little StateInstead of taking on one of your questions about Vermont, we’re taking on three — in a kind of local history lightning round. -
Brave Little StateJulie Cadwallader Staub is curious about the Vermont families who are on waiting lists for child care. “What decisions are they forced to make? How are they managing?” -
Brave Little StateWhen Tim Rapczynski moved to Barre City, he was caught off guard by a nickname he heard some people use to describe the place: “Scary Barre.” So he asked Brave Little State about its origin. To find the answer, we confront classism, social stigma — and the role of the media. -
Brave Little StateThe story of Vermont’s stone walls is about much more than just people making something — it's about the most enduring parts of this landscape, and how humans have interacted with them. -
Brave Little StateRemington Nevin of Quechee wants to know if Vermont’s electricity is truly as environmentally friendly as some claim it is. -
Brave Little StateOn Brave Little State, a question about how Vermont’s geology shaped our character — and made us different from our neighbors. -
Brave Little StateVermont has the most breweries per capita. But the more beer they brew, the more they have to deal with their wastewater. -
Brave Little StateA listener asked Brave Little State how this Upper Valley community became such a thriving place, “when it used to be so bleak.” We talk to some of the people behind the transformation.
