Brittany Patterson
Executive EditorBrittany Patterson joined Vermont Public in December 2020. Previously, she was an energy and environment reporter for West Virginia Public Broadcasting and the Ohio Valley ReSource. Prior to that, she covered public lands, the Interior Department and forests for E&E News' ClimateWire, based in Washington, D.C. Brittany also teaches audio storytelling and has taught classes at West Virginia University, Saint Michael's College and the University of Vermont. She holds degrees in journalism from San Jose State University and U.C. Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism. A native of California, Brittany has fallen in love with Vermont. She enjoys hiking, skiing, baking and cuddling with her rescues, a 95-pound American Bulldog mix named Cooper, and Mila, the most beautiful calico cat you'll ever meet.
Have questions, comments or tips? Send me an email at brittany.patterson@vermontpublic.org
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A biological discovery brings two women together. Plus, cold weather will bring changes to Vermont’s motel housing program, there’s been an uptick in requests for contraceptive and gender-affirming care since the election, Vermont's unemployment rate rose slightly last month, workers seeking disaster unemployment benefits from the Federal Emergency Management Agency after July’s floods have less than a week to apply, Monkton has a new town forest and Middlebury College field hockey clinches another Division III NCAA Championship. -
Meet the 89-year-old who’s played Middlebury Chapel’s carillon bells for nearly four decades. Plus, today is the last day Vermonters affected by this summer’s floods can apply for federal disaster assistance, the latest statewide survey of high school students has intensified concerns about youth mental health, a poll finds most Vermonters think an income-based system would be a better way to pay for schools, the state is developing a training system for dispensary employees for when they start selling higher-potency products, Sen. Peter Welch introduced bills reinstating UNRWA funding and expanding protections for people in Customs and Border Protection custody, a Superior Court judge ruled that Burlington has broad authority to regulate short-term rentals and Killington Resort is greenlit to host World Cup races later this month.
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Erica Heilman stops in at Kellogg Hubbard Library to learn about the role it plays in the community. Plus, Sen. Bernie Sanders’ congressional efforts to block offensive weapons from going to Israel have failed, the Vermont Community Broadband Board is prepping for the incoming Trump administration, staff and patients are protesting cuts proposed by UVM Health Network, Vermonters have less than one week to apply for disaster assistance from FEMA for the July 2024 storms, four Vermont counties are experiencing drought conditions and Vermont Olympic medalist Ilona Maher has made the finals in “Dancing with the Stars.”
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How dairy farmworkers in Vermont could be impacted by the re-election of Donald Trump, who has vowed to carry out mass deportations of undocumented immigrants. Plus, Senate Democrats have a new leader and are pledging property tax reform will be top of the agenda when lawmakers return to Montpelier in January, Burlington's police union says it plans to push back against increased civilian oversight of the department, a 99-room hotel gets the greenlight in Rutland, Vermont’s largest telecommunications company may soon have a new owner and a burn ban for southern Vermont is extended.
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The high cost of building — coupled with a workforce shortage — has some wondering if building smaller is one solution. In Vermont, it's complicated. -
Vermont Public is working to hear from as many Vermonters as we can about what issues they want candidates to address. -
Sitting in on a restorative justice class taught by individuals incarcerated in Vermont’s only women’s prison. Plus, Vermont’s congressional delegation calls for long-term and structural reforms to FEMA, a bill is introduced to expand the boundary of Vermont’s only national park, early voting gets underway for November’s general election, the suspect in a Pawlet triple homicide makes his first courtroom appearance, and a local restaurateur takes part in a New York-based business program aimed at boosting Black women business entrepreneurs.
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A new report finds Vermont’s hospitals are in deep financial trouble. Plus, Vermonters will see more contested statewide races this year than they have in decades, the federal disaster relief fund is drained so Sen. Peter Welch is urging passage of a bill to provide money for towns that have filed disaster claims with FEMA, reversing an earlier decision the U.S. Postal Service will keep some local mail processing in Burlington instead of sending it outside the state, we find out about an off-the-grid artists’ retreat that shares its work with local communities, and in the homestretch of the Major League Baseball season we check in on the wild card chances for teams trying to make the playoffs in our weekly sports report.
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How wheat is making a comeback in Vermont, and so too is bread made from locally-sourced ingredients. Plus, the governor expects to hear soon whether the feds will help pay for flood damage after Hurricane Beryl’s remnants moved through the state, a judge rejected a request to further delay the trial of a man charged with the 2022 killing of Fern Feather, solar installer iSun has a buyer, and how one retired judge has helped get more than 200 female judges out of Afghanistan in the three years since the Taliban took over.
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It’s primary election day in Vermont. Plus, Burlington’s police chief says they plan to look out-of-state for new recruits, a protest against the new women’s prison, the Rutland Housing Authority gets federal funds for repairs, and new grants from the Vermont Arts Council.
