Steve Zind
Senior Reporter & Special Projects ProducerSteve was with VPR from 1994 to 2018, first serving as host of VPR’s public affairs program and then as a reporter, based in Central Vermont. Many VPR listeners recognized Steve for his special reports from Iran, providing a glimpse of this country that is usually hidden from the rest of the world. Prior to working with VPR, Steve served as program director for WNCS for 17 years, and also worked as news director for WCVR in Randolph. A graduate of Northern Arizona University, Steve also worked for stations in Phoenix and Tucson before moving to Vermont in 1972. Steve has been honored multiple times with national and regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for his VPR reporting, including a 2011 win for best documentary for his report, Afghanistan's Other War.
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Questions over whether communications between public officials violate the state’s open meeting law aren’t unusual, but the issue has become more complex.…
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If the number of evictions could be reduced, it could help decrease the number of homeless people. That’s the premise of a new pilot program in Chittenden…
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The eighth bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington has died. Kenneth Angell, who served as bishop of the Burlington Diocese for 12 years, died…
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A state program created more than two years ago to fund improvements to internet service has yet to award any money.It’s estimated about $1.5 million has…
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Vermont law allows parents to be fined and taken to court when a child is truant from school. Many say that’s counterproductive, but even at schools that…
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Vermont business leaders held an annual networking breakfast in Burlington Friday morning. The event was presented by the Vermont Business Roundtable, and…
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Fall is apple season, and pick-your-own orchards are a popular destination. But it's also grape season, and one vineyard in Randolph Center is adopting…
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FairPoint Communications’ internet customers in northern New England are paying more for their service. The company has added a fee to the price of its…
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The state and the owner of tens of thousands of acres of land in the Northeast Kingdom are awaiting yet another court decision on a timber harvesting…
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Cardboard has been around since the early 1800s, but a couple of Vermonters who have been working with cardboard for awhile now have come up with a novel…