Michelle Owens
Director of Marketing & EngagementMichelle is VPR's director of marketing & engagement and is part of the team that helps meet VPR's mission of public service by strengthening the visibility, awareness, engagement and value of Vermont Public Radio among existing and emerging audiences.
She joined VPR in 2002 as an administrative associate. Since then, Michelle has worked in many roles in development and marketing, including audience services and membership.
In her current role, Michelle leads the team that produces events and engagement initiatives. She also oversees station branding and communications, and develops marketing strategies and tactics aimed at meeting VPR’s strategic and development goals.
Michelle is originally from Connecticut and is a graduate of Boston University's College of Communications. She moved to Shoreham, Vermont on a whim in 2001 after a two-year stint as a reporter at the Philadelphia Inquirer, expecting to stay for a year or two, tops. She now lives in Burlington with her family.
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VPR & Vermont PBS has won six Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for its journalism in 2021 from the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA), including the award for Overall Excellence. -
Vermont Public Radio and Vermont PBS have announced the appointment of Brendan Leonard as Chief Financial Officer. Leonard has over 25 years of professional experience primarily in nonprofits.
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Every day, VPR delivers what you need, when you need it—the trusted news, reporting, and music that keeps you accurately informed and authentically…
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Vermont Public Radio has hired journalist Grace Benninghoff as local host of All Things Considered, the afternoon news magazine program from NPR.
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When you make a gift to VPR & Vermont PBS through Tuesday, November 30, 2021, the Vermont Community Foundation and additional generous supporters will donate the equivalent of 25 meals to the Vermont Foodbank to help Vermonters facing hunger and food insecurity.
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All Things Considered Host Henry Epp and Digital Producer Abagael Giles will take on new roles in the newsroom this summer, enhancing VPR's coverage of climate change, environment and economic issues.
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Beginning the weekend of June 26-28, you’ll hear Planet Money/How I Built This on Saturday mornings at 7 a.m., and Latino USA on Sundays at 4 p.m. We’ve…
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Lexi Krupp will join Vermont Public Radio in June as a Report For America journalist, the station has announced. She will cover the Upper Valley and…
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Vermont Public Radio will add the NPR program Throughline on Thursdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at noon beginning June 3, as NEXT from the New England News Collaborative concludes production after five years on the air.
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Vermont Public Radio will add the NPR program Throughline on Thursdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at noon beginning June 3, as NEXT from the New England News…
