Scott Finn
President & CEOScott Finn is president and CEO of VPR and Vermont PBS. His goal is to help everyone find their place and tell their story through public media, and inspire his team to do the best work of their lives.
Scott leads Vermont’s largest media organization, with more than 100 employees, a statewide radio and TV network, and on-demand programs reaching more than 1 million people each month.
Along with the Vermont Public board, Scott helped merge VPR and Vermont PBS into one organization on July 1, 2021. The merger will help the new organization reach new audiences, while continuing the service its existing audience expects.
Scott joined VPR as CEO in May 2018, where he worked to expand VPR's impact and diversify its audience. In 2019, VPR won the National Edward R. Murrow Award for Overall Excellence in the small market category.
He is formerly the CEO and Executive Director of West Virginia Public Broadcasting, and news director at WVPB and WUSF Public Media in Tampa.
Before that, Scott was an award-winning reporter at the Charleston Gazette, a sixth grade teacher, and a community organizer in Big Ugly Creek, West Virginia (it’s actually a small, beautiful place.)
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It's official: VPR and Vermont PBS are now a unified public media organization. Through this merger, we will be strong enough to reach out to our future audiences, while continuing the programs and services our existing audience depends on. -
In September 2020, VPR committed to four specific actions we would take in order to live up to our values of diversity, equity and inclusion. Since then, we’ve discovered how much more we need to learn and how far we still need to go. Here is an update on our progress so far.
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As we prepare to merge Vermont Public Radio and Vermont PBS in July, I have a confession to make. Even though I’m the president of VPR, my first public…
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The following is prepared testimony by Scott Finn, president and CEO of Vermont Public Radio, to the Vermont House Committee on Energy and Technology on…
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“Facts without fear”—that’s been the mantra in our newsroom over the last several weeks. It’s our top priority to bring you the latest on COVID-19, from…
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Across America and in Vermont, the number of journalists is in steep decline. This has disturbing implications for the future of our democracy and civic…
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On October 11, VPR’s Tell Me More Tour visited Addison County, hosting a public event at Shacksbury Cider in Vergennes. Then, on October 18, VPR visited…
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On September 27, VPR’s Tell Me More Tour visited Lamoille County, hosting a public event at The Alchemist Brewery & Visitors Center in Stowe. On October…
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On Sept. 13, VPR’s Tell Me More Tour visited Orange County, hosting a public event at the Chandler Center For The Arts in Randolph.Chandler Center for the…
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On Aug. 29, VPR’s Tell Me More Tour visited Orleans County, hosting a public event at the NEK Tasting Center in Newport. On Sept. 6, VPR visited Franklin…
