Audio Work
I’m currently a producer for the call-in news show, Vermont Edition, which is broadcast live Monday through Thursday from 12 to 1 p.m. I pitch story ideas, book and preinterview guests, edit audio, engage listeners on social media, and handle all the little ins and outs that pop-up five seconds before showtime. I’m like Roz from Fraiser, except I live in Vermont.
Some of my favorite shows:
Three young Vermont activists on how COVID-19 shaped their work, and what keeps them going
Many Vermonters find spirituality outside traditional religious groups
Talking trash: Where does it go and what can we do about it?
Increasingly under attack in other states, how gender-affirming care works in Vermont
Beyond flannel and Birkenstocks: Local designers and a stylist on Vermont fashion
How Vermont millennials’ relationship with work is different than other generations
Vermont’s poet laureate mailed a thousand poems to strangers statewide. Did you get one?
Vermont veterans and their loved ones share stories about building community
Plus, a full archive of my work at Vermont Public
Most of my work is behind the scenes, but I get to do some reporting and author interviews too.
Getting schooled on eclipses: Addison County students dive into the cosmic spectacle
Middlebury tries to break the world record for most dogs to attend a film screening
Debut novel ‘Liquid, Fragile, Perishable’ explores how fictional Vermont characters collide
I’ve also reported for the podcast Brave Little State in episodes on the history of Vermont road names and the role of public libraries.
Before moving to Vermont, I was a freelance contributor to the Allegheny Front, a weekly environmental news show covering Western Pennsylvania and Ohio.
I got to hang out with some cool goats (plus their human coworkers) and hear how a local community is fighting invasive plants through goatscaping.
All That’s Left Is the Roar
The Westbrook High School Marching Band received a gold medal at the last Maine State Finals in 2019. Whether they can repeat that success depends on how much the band has been impacted by two major events— the COVID-19 pandemic and a fire that has kept students from attending class together as the high school rebuilds. Is it really about gold medals or the community that marching band creates?
All music by the Westbrook High School Marching Band.
Under the Umbrella Cover Museum
A profile of Nancy 3. Hoffman, the creator and curator of The Umbrella Cover Museum on Peaks Island, Maine.
Music: “Tidal Foam” by Blue Dot Sessions
The Best Thing That Happened This Summer
A vox pop on a gorgeous day at Fort Williams Park in Cape Elizabeth, Maine.
Music: “Loopy” by Blue Dot Sessions
The first piece of narrative audio I ever produced came from a class at the University of Pittsburgh taught by Professor Erin Anderson.
All For a Piece of Plywood is an audio documentary on pop artist Keith Haring and his brief time in Pittsburgh as an art school drop out before moving on to success in New York City. Part untold art history, part scavenger hunt, part personal-reckoning.
An Ode to Evelyn
An audio essay in poetry form featuring the Ghost of Christmas Party Past.