Karen Anderson
Director of Radio ProgrammingKaren is Vermont Public's Director of Radio Programming, serving Vermonters by overseeing the sound of Vermont Public's radio broadcast service. 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 has produced many projects for broadcast over the years, including the Vermont Public Choral Hour, with host Linda Radtke, and interviews with local newsmakers with Morning Edition host Mitch Wertlieb. In 2021 Karen 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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A number of political observers think the race for lieutenant governor this year might turn out to be the most competitive of Vermont’s eight statewide contests.
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A release from the Vermont Department of Health last month showed 98% of Vermont schools and child care facilities have completed testing and remediation for lead in their drinking water. And the results showed that one in five taps had lead levels at or above recommended state levels.
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Hinesburg resident and author Jane Taylor's new book Spirit Traffic tells the story of her 10,000-mile family motorcycle road trip across the country.
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People living in Richmond, Vermont were surprised to find out that fluoride levels in their drinking water had been dropping to less than half the recommended state levels. They discovered that a town worker had been responsible. Seven Days reporter Kevin McCallum breaks down what happened with Vermont Public's Mitch Wertlieb.
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Vermont has long been a kind of hunter’s paradise. But beyond taking a bear, moose or wild turkey during their designated hunting seasons, a first-time children’s book author has spun a tale about a kind of hunting — or more specifically, foraging — that can be done almost any time in Vermont’s spring, summer or fall seasons.
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A new documentary follows a Vermonter who paddled 120 miles along Lake Champlain to explore its beauty, and the challenges impacting the state’s largest watershed. Vermont Public’s Mitch Wertlieb spoke with the paddler and cinematographer behind the documentary, No Other Lake.
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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.
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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.