Steve Zind
Senior Reporter & Special Projects ProducerSteve has been with VPR since 1994, first serving as host of VPR’s public affairs program and then as a reporter, based in Central Vermont. Many VPR listeners recognize 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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A new report recommends the legislature take steps to better protect consumer information collected by data brokers.There’s been heightened concern about…
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Canada’s Parliament has approved legislation that helps efforts to re-establish train service between Vermont and Montreal.According to Vermont Sen.…
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After considerable debate and numerous drafts, a new Vermont Fair and Impartial Policing Policy has been adopted.The policy was approved by the Vermont…
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High school sports remain popular with many students, families and fans in Vermont but as tastes and demographics have changed, so have athletic programs.…
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Vermont Sens. Patrick Leahy and Bernie Sanders have joined a number of other U.S. senators to call for Minnesota Democratic Sen. Al Franken to step…
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High school and middle school education was once confined to teaching the Three Rs.But increasingly schools are being called on to help students with…
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Are Organic Standards working?We talk with Maddie Kempner, membership and advocacy coordinator with NOFA-VT, to answer this question. We’ll also hear from…
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Striking workers have reached an agreement with Fairbanks Scales in St. Johnsbury and will return to work.The 65 employees, members if the United…
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Thousands of Vermont households and businesses are still without power days after Sunday night's fierce windstorm. Green Mountain Power and other electric…
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The new book Hidden History of Vermont collects 15 years of Mark Bushnell's writing about the state’s past.There are up-close-and-personal stories about…