Angela Evancie
Director of Engagement Journalism & Executive Producer of Brave Little StateAngela Evancie is Vermont Public's 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 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.
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Brave Little StateVermont has the most breweries per capita. But the more beer they brew, the more they have to deal with their wastewater.
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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.
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Exploring the origins of bizarre Vermont road of your choosing. In this edition: Iranistan Road in Burlington, a Jericho tour de force — and to change gears (so to speak), those punny signs on Vermont's highways.
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The trail follows Green Mountain ridgelines from one end of Vermont to the other. To answer this listener question, Brave Little State goes deep into the woods.
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Brave 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.
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This year’s mud season is full-on. So Brave Little State put your questions about dirt roads, deteriorating conditions and costs to Danville road foreman Keith Gadapee.
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As a new legislative session gets underway in Montpelier, we want make sure your questions and concerns shape our coverage.
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Food scraps have been banned from Vermonters’ trash since July of 2020. Bella Fearn asked Brave Little State: How’s that going?
