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(Un)fractured: Covering Race And Racial Injustice In Our Communities

Vermont Public | By Jane Lindholm,
Lydia Brown, Emily Aiken, Connor Cyrus
Published May 25, 2021 at 10:45 AM EDT
A Black Lives Matter sign sits amid greenery on the side of Notch Road in Middlesex.
Elodie Reed
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VPR
A sign on Notch Road in Middlesex reminds passersby that racial disparities persist in Vermont. Tonight, we talk about how local media covers race and what can be done to improve that coverage moving forward.

Live 7 p.m. discussion: May 25 marks the one year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd. Floyd’s death amplified calls for change, including how newsrooms cover protests and race. In this conversation -- the first of several -- we discuss how local media cover race and racial injustice, and what change community members would like to see moving forward. 

Our guests are:

  • Peter Hirschfeld, reporter at VPR
  • Mia Schultz, president of the Rutland Area Branch NAACP and catalyst coordinator for Rights and Democracy Vermont
  • Steffen Gillom, presidents of the Windham Area Branch NAACP and executive director of Bright Leadership Institute
  • Meaghan Meachem, associate professor and department chair for Broadcast and Digital Journalism at Northern Vermont University

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4x_AKK4oO4
Broadcast live on Tuesday, May 25, 2021 at 7 p.m.

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Jane Lindholm
Jane Lindholm is the host, executive producer and creator of But Why: A Podcast For Curious Kids. In addition to her work on our international kids show, she produces special projects for Vermont Public. Until March 2021, she was host and editor of the award-winning Vermont Public program Vermont Edition.
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Lydia Brown
Lydia worked for Vermont Public Radio and Vermont PBS from 2019 until 2022.
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Emily Aiken
Emily was a Vermont Edition producer at Vermont Public Radio until September 2021.
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Connor Cyrus
Connor Cyrus joined Vermont Public as host and senior producer in March 2021. He was a morning reporter at WJAR in Providence, Rhode Island. A graduate of Lyndon State College (now Northern Vermont University), he started his reporting career as an intern at WPTZ, later working for WAGM in Presque Isle, Maine, and WCAX Channel 3, where he covered a broad range of stories from Vermont’s dairy industry to the nurses’ strikes at UVM Medical Center. He’s passionate about journalism’s ability to shed light on complex or difficult topics, as well as giving voice to underrepresented communities.
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