Karen Anderson
Managing Producer of Morning NewsKaren is Vermont Public's Managing Producer of Morning News. She manages the morning news content on broadcast and digital platforms, and works with Morning Edition host Mitch Wertlieb to bring listeners the latest news and information, along with relevant interviews. Karen has a long history with public radio, beginning in the early 2000's with the launch of the weekly classical music program, Sunday Bach. Karen's undergraduate degree is in Broadcast Journalism, and she has worked for public radio in Vermont and St. Louis, MO, in areas of production, programming, traffic, operations and news. She produces the Vermont Public Choral Hour, with host Linda Radtke. Karen recently worked with co-producer Betty Smith on a national collaboration with StoryCorps One Small Step, connecting Vermonters one conversation at a time.
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Vermont’s new retail cannabis marketplace is set to open soon. It’s not going to happen with a lot of fanfare, but instead will be a gradual opening of retail stores across the state over the next few months. -
Vermont is in line to receive about $8 million from the vaping company Juul Labs — that's after Vermont and 33 other states reached a settlement with Juul over its aggressive marketing toward young people.
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Vermont’s former financial regulation commissioner Mike Pieciak is making his first run for political office, seeking to be the state’s next treasurer this November. But the bid is also prompting political insiders to speculate whether he has ambitions for an even higher office in the future.
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As students in Vermont head back to classes and extracurricular activities, families are grappling with trying to coordinate the busy schedule of school sports. One challenge is a lack of officials available to referee, with football taking an especially hard hit.
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After serving 48 years in the U.S. Senate, Patrick Leahy is retiring at the end of his term in early January. He's written a book about his experiences called, The Road Taken.
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Earlier this month the novelist Salman Rushdie was repeatedly stabbed before a talk he was scheduled to give in western New York. The attack left the 75-year old with serious injuries that required surgery, and he was unable even to speak after being placed on a ventilator. His long-term prognosis is uncertain.
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A literary journal published out of Bennington College has been honored as one of just five publications around the country to win the prestigious Whiting Literary Magazine Prize.
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Join guest host Eric Brooks and sing along to Handel's Coronation Anthem, "My heart is inditing"—Sunday morning at 11 a.m. and Tuesday evening at 8 p.m.
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The conventional wisdom has been that Vermont is a state people move from, rather than to. But recent census data reveal that the Green Mountain State has experienced its highest population growth in a decade. What’s driving the trend? And will it continue?
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Vermonter Danielle Marmer recently made history when she was named the new player development and scouting assistant for the National Hockey League's Boston Bruins.
