Mikaela Lefrak
Host and Senior Producer, Vermont EditionMikaela 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.
Prior to joining 开云体育 in 2021, Mikaela was a reporter and host at WAMU, the NPR member station for the greater Washington, D.C. region. During her career she has also worked at The New Republic, PRI鈥檚 The World and WGBH Boston, and served as an AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer in Oakland, California.
Mikaela received her bachelor鈥檚 degree from Middlebury College and her master鈥檚 degree in broadcast journalism from Boston University. She lives with her husband and daughter in Burlington.
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Recorded in front of a live audience at the Barre Social Club, Vermont Edition hosted a panel of local LGBTQ business leaders and organizers. -
Community organizers share details for local Juneteenth events, and authors Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling and Mima Tipper tell us about their new books.
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Plus: an update on ICE detentions in Vermont
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Church Street in Burlington is one of the more iconic downtown spots in Vermont, but it鈥檚 also a complex social space. -
In the latest installment of our series Vermont Edition At Home, Mikaela visits the world renowned herbalist at her Milton home. -
We share a recent episode of Brave Little State that explores Vermont's low fertility rate.
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President Trump鈥檚 administration is urging the Senate to pass the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, while Democratic lawmakers make the opposing case. -
A panel of professional book lovers will share their ideas for great summertime reads. -
Mewis will coach two exhibition games this summer for the Vermont Green FC鈥檚 women鈥檚 side. -
The state recently added fifteen new site markers along local roads and highways.
