Mikaela Lefrak
Host and Senior Producer, Vermont EditionMikaela Lefrak is the host and senior producer of Vermont Edition. Her stories have aired nationally on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, Marketplace, The World and Here & Now. A seasoned local reporter, Mikaela has won two regional Edward R. Murrow awards and a Public Media Journalists Association award for her work.
Prior to joining Vermont Public in 2021, Mikaela was a reporter and host at WAMU, the NPR member station for the greater Washington, D.C. region. During her career she has also worked at The New Republic, PRI’s The World and WGBH Boston, and served as an AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer in Oakland, California.
Mikaela received her bachelor’s degree from Middlebury College and her master’s degree in broadcast journalism from Boston University. She lives with her husband and daughter in Burlington.
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In the latest installment of our Town by Town series, we spend the hour learning about life in the small Lamoille County community.
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Plus, resources for care givers from the Alzheimer's Association and the Vermont Department of Health.
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Three literary conversations on Banned Books Week, upcoming book festivals and a new poetry collection.
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The organization will stop operating Friday due to a lack of funds. It needs to raise approximately $350,000 to return to full services. -
St. Albans dairy workers are back on the job after their union contract was ratified. What does this say about the broader labor movement regionally and nationwide?
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Sen. Peter Welch shares his perspective on the stalemate on Capitol Hill. -
Nearly all of Vermont is in a severe to extreme drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. -
Vermont's governor also answers questions about the federal government shutdown, immigration enforcement and affordability. -
An hour of singing and conversation ahead of The 47th Annual New England Sacred Harp Singing Convention. -
Former Vermont Supreme Court Justice Jeffrey Amestoy dramatizes this true crime tale in a new book.
