Vermont Edition

Some Vermont Edition highlights from the past year

By Connor Cyrus,

Mikaela Lefrak, Tedra Meyer, Andrea Laurion

Published June 6, 2023 at 4:58 PM EDT

This hour, we'll listen back to some Vermont Edition's highlights, including interviews with Rep. Becca Balint, ultramarathoner Mirna Valerio and cartoonist Tillie Walden.

The Vermont Edition team brings the voices of people across our region to our listeners every day. Today, we’re taking some time to reshare some of our favorite conversations from the past year.

Our guests:

Dr. Mel Houser, executive director of All Brains Belong VT in Montpelier
Jon Turner, Marine Corps veteran and board member of Vermont Vets Town Hall
Rep. Becca Balint
Tillie Walden, cartoonist laureate and instructor at the Center for Cartoon Studies
M.T. Anderson, author
Mirna Valerio, author and ultramarathoner

Broadcast at noon Wednesday, June 7, 2023; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

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Connor Cyrus

Connor Cyrus was co-host and senior producer of Vermont Edition from 2021-2023.

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Mikaela Lefrak

Mikaela Lefrak is the host and senior producer of Vermont Edition. Her stories have aired nationally on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, Marketplace, The World and Here & Now. A seasoned local reporter, Mikaela has won two regional Edward R. Murrow awards and a Public Media Journalists Association award for her work.

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Tedra Meyer

Tedra joined Vermont Public as a producer for Vermont Edition in January 2022 and now serves as the Managing Editor and Senior Producer. Before moving to Vermont, she was a journalist in New York City for 20 years. She has a master’s degree in journalism from New York University.

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Andrea Laurion

Andrea Laurion joined Vermont Public as a news producer for Vermont Edition in December 2022. She is a native of Pittsburgh, Pa., and a graduate of the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland, Maine. Before getting into audio, Andrea worked as an obituary writer, a lunch lady, a wedding photographer assistant, a children’s birthday party hostess, a haunted house actor, and an admin assistant many times over.

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