Michelle Owens
Director of Marketing & Audience EngagementMichelle leads the team that oversees station branding, marketing, events, communications, and audience services. She joined VPR in 2002.
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Vermont Public has partnered with NOVA to produce and distribute two short digital films as part of the series’ national Climate Across America initiative. Vermont Public is one of 10 public media stations working closely with NOVA to create, share, and amplify solutions-oriented climate content.
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Vermont Public has announced the first recipients of its Made Here Fund, an initiative to broaden and diversify storytelling in Vermont. Ten projects by content creators representing six Vermont counties will receive a total of $100,000 to produce pieces including short documentary and animated films, digital shorts and audio series.
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Vermont Public has hired two local media leaders to expand service on digital platforms and reach a broader and more diverse audience. April McCullum will join the newsroom as Digital Editor. Michael Dougherty will take on the role of Director of Digital Strategy.
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Vermont Public will broadcast Notes From America with Kai Wright from WYNC beginning Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023.
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Join us to celebrate 2 1/2 years of Safe & Sound: A Celebration of Vermont Music with our final program on New Year's Eve. Vermont Public has an exciting fresh lineup of music shows for Saturday evenings and we can't wait for you to hear it.
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Vermont Public has entered into an agreement with Vermont State University in Lyndonville to purchase the license of its campus radio station, WWLR 91.5 FM. The station will serve the Lyndonville and Saint Johnsbury area with Vermont Public’s 24-hour classical music network.
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Vermont Public and VTDigger have been selected by Report for America to host a journalist next year to expand the organizations’ coverage of housing and infrastructure. In an unprecedented collaboration between two of Vermont’s leading news outlets, the new reporter will cover two of the most vexing challenges facing Vermont: the availability, affordability and condition of housing, as well as aging infrastructure that is no longer serving its residents.
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You can support public media while providing books to children in our community. When you make a gift to Vermont Public through Saturday, Sept. 10, an anonymous supporter will donate one new, high-quality children's book to the Children's Literacy Foundation.
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We recently announced a new local radio host lineup for All Things Considered, our afternoon news magazine program from NPR, as well as weekend mornings and early afternoons. We caught up with Mary Williams Engisch, Marlon Hyde and Jenn Jarecki recently; here are some things you probably don’t know about them.
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