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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Celebrated New Yorker cartoonist and New York Times bestselling author Harry Bliss shared insights into his new graphic memoir. -
The Northern Vermont poet writes about her deep connection to the Vermont landscape, and her experiences as a Korean American adoptee. -
Three forest experts discuss the many uses of Vermont's forested lands, and the potential local impact of an executive order about timber production. -
"I don't believe we can live in chaos for the next three and a half years," Vermont's Republican governor said on Vermont Edition. -
For the first installment of our new At Home series, Mikaela Lefrak joined actor and singer François Clemmons in his Middlebury living room to discuss his life, career, and his iconic role on Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood. -
For our ongoing poetry series, we speak with LA-based poet and musician Alexandria Hall, who grew up in Vergennes. -
"The Vermont Farm Project" is based on three years of interviews with farmers in our region.
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For a special joint broadcast with the CBC's Radio Noon, listeners from Vermont and Québec share their opinions on the current state of U.S.-Canada relations. -
A new report finds that hundreds of local dairies have closed, but the number of dairy processors has doubled in the last 10 years. -
This is the latest in a weekly series from Vermont Edition marking National Poetry Month in April.
