Nina Keck
Senior ReporterHelp shape my reporting:
One in five Vermonters is considered elderly. But what does being elderly even mean — and what do Vermonters need to know as they age? I’m looking into how aging in Vermont impacts living essentials such as jobs, health care and housing. And also how aging impacts the stuff of life: marriage, loss, dating and sex. Yours are the voices and stories that guide us as we navigate aging — because, well, we all are.
I'm excited to hear from you. Write to me at: PO Box 321 Pittsford Vermont 05763. You can also get in touch using the form below:
About Nina:
Nina began at Vermont Public in 1996 as one of the hosts of Switchboard, the precursor of Vermont Edition. Her reporting has focused primarily on the Rutland area. Nina loves telling stories with sound and her work is frequently featured on NPR. An experienced journalist, Nina covered national and international news for more than six years with the Voice of America working in Washington DC and Germany. While in Germany, she also worked as a stringer for Marketplace.
Nina's work has won numerous accolades including four national Edward R. Murrow Awards in: feature reporting, investigative reporting, use of sound and for best news documentary. She won a national arts feature award from the Public Radio News Directors Association for her story of a retiring high school music teacher and a RIAS Berlin Commission Award for her profile of an East Berlin family struggling after German reunification.
Nina has degrees in broadcast journalism and German literature from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and began her career at Wisconsin Public Radio. She lives with her husband in Chittenden.
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A state grant is helping a Middlebury adult day program run a van service that transports older adults in nearby counties to its facility. Administrators say this will expand access to care. -
Researchers at the University of Vermont have identified new blood tests that could help predict a person's risk for dementia long before they show any symptoms. These tests are not available for patient use yet. -
Rutland County is celebrating the completion of a new $13 million, three-story apartment building in West Rutland that will add 24 new affordable one- and two-bedroom units as well as studios. -
After the Brandon Reporter printed its last newspaper on Oct. 1, a small group of residents from Brandon and Pittsford are trying to ensure the communities continue to have local news. -
A federal job training program that helps more than 40,000 low income seniors a year has been shuttered since July due to funding delays. The organization that runs the program in Vermont says services will resume on Nov. 19. -
People across Rutland County are remembering former state senator and business owner Bill Carris, who died Oct. 22 at the age of 81. -
As the population of older adults increases and accessing long-term care becomes more challenging, demand for medical alert devices is growing. -
As Medicare open enrollment begins, a new national report ranks Vermont as the best state in the country for how well Medicare serves its residents. But it comes amid big changes to the state's health insurance market. -
Rutland City voters overwhelmingly approved a $3.9 million bond vote on Tuesday that will greenlight water, utility and sewer upgrades. That work will pave the way for a new downtown hotel and apartment building. -
Because of drought conditions in the state, the Green Mountain National Forest is currently under fire restrictions. That means campfires are only allowed in designated areas, but not everyone is following the rules. Vermont Public's Nina Keck watched as wildland firefighters responded to an unattended campfire over the weekend.
