Mitch Wertlieb
Morning Edition HostA graduate of NYU with a Master's Degree in journalism, Mitch has more than 20 years experience in radio news. He got his start as news director at NYU's college station, and moved on to a news director (and part-time DJ position) for commercial radio station WMVY on Martha's Vineyard. But public radio was where Mitch wanted to be and he eventually moved on to Boston where he worked for six years in a number of different capacities at member station WBUR...as a Senior Producer, Editor, and fill-in co-host of the nationally distributed Here and Now. Mitch has been a guest host of the national NPR sports program "Only A Game". He's also worked as an editor and producer for international news coverage with Monitor Radio in Boston.
An avid Boston sports fan, Mitch has been blessed with being able to witness world championships for two of his favorite teams (and franchises he was at one time convinced would never win in his lifetime): the Boston Red Sox in 2004, 2007, and 2013, and in hockey, the Boston Bruins, who won their first Stanley Cup in 39 years in 2011.
Mitch has also been known to play a music bed or two during Morning Edition featuring his favorite band The Grateful Dead. He lives in South Burlington with his wife Erin, daughter Gretchen, and their dog Fezzik. He (Mitch, not Fezzik) has been host of Morning Edition on VPR since 2003.
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Despite the efforts of Vermont scholastic officials to prevent it, allegations of racist behavior connected to high school sports continue to emerge. Vermont Public's Mitch Wertlieb spoke with the head of the Vermont Principal’s Association Jay Nichols about what steps have been taken, and what more needs to be done. -
A new president and CEO takes over the helm of Vermont’s largest health network at a time of rising costs and operating deficits.
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Burke Mountain Ski Academy graduate Mikaela Shiffrin’s continuing quest for Alpine World Cup historyBurke Mountain Academy's Mikaela Shiffrin has tied Lindsey Vonn’s record for most alpine World Cup Wins. The 27-year-old took home the title Sunday during the giant slalom event in Slovenia. It was her 82nd career World Cup win. Shiffrin attempted to break that record in Austria this week, but fell short.
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The world’s largest multi-sport winter college athletic event takes place this week at the Olympic Center in Lake Placid, New York, and a student at Middlebury College will be among the competitors in figure skating.
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After serving 48 years in the U.S. Senate, Patrick Leahy will officially be stepping down today. Leahy will be succeeded by Senator–elect Peter Welch.Leahy started his first term in 1975, and was the first Democrat ever to serve in the U.S. Senate from Vermont.
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The COP15 summit ended its two-week run in Montreal this week with rousing applause and descriptors including "historic." Representatives from more than 190 countries agreed to a plan aimed at putting the brakes on the spiral of decline for the planet’s wildlife and ecosystems.
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In January, Becca Balint will be sworn in as Vermont’s new member of the U.S. House. It marks the first time that a woman has ever been elected to Congress from Vermont.
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A literal fall from grace on an icy mountain. A chance encounter that follows, leading to a dangerous romance. And a confluence of events that entwines a Hollywood movie production with secretive government tests in the era of Ronald Reagan.These are the threads tied together in the debut novel Way Out West by Vermont poet Wyn Cooper.
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Two in five Vermonters are facing food insecurity, according to recent data from the Vermont Foodbank. This comes amid rising costs of food, gas and heating oil. Yet local food donations are down 20%.
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The late Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead used to name his guitars, and one was known as "The Wolf." He switched to another after 1978, and The Wolf didn’t appear on any recorded album since. But now it’s back, as Vermont’s Zach Nugent of the Nectar’s house band Dead Set plays the old instrument on his debut album.
