Nixon and Hewitt join staff of VTDigger

VTDigger has hired Amy Ash Nixon to cover education.

Nixon has been a reporter in New England since 1986. She most recently worked for the Barre-Montpelier Times Argus. Previously, Amy covered communities in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom for The Caledonian-Record. She spent the bulk of her career as a reporter for The Hartford Courant in Connecticut. Nixon also taught middle school language arts in Connecticut for several years.

Elizabeth Hewitt joins VTDigger as a general assignment reporter and copy editor.

Hewitt is a central Vermont native and has freelance bylines with the Christian Science Monitor, Grist, and the Times Argus and Rutland Herald. Elizabeth worked as an intern with the New Yorker and Slate in 2012. She holds a master’s in magazine journalism from New York University, and earned her undergraduate in international relations and modern history from the University of St Andrews.

Laura Krantz, VTDigger’s criminal justice reporter, has been tapped by the Boston Globe. Krantz will be reporting on higher education institutions in the Boston area. Her last day with VTDigger is Jan. 20.

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