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Mike Dougherty is VTDigger’s digital editor. He is a DC-area native and studied journalism and music at New York University. Prior to joining VTDigger, Mike spent two years as a program coordinator for the Vermont Humanities Council. Before moving to Vermont in 2015, he spent seven years managing recording operations for the oral history nonprofit StoryCorps, assisted Magnum photographer Susan Meiselas, and contributed to the Brooklyn-based alt-weekly L Magazine.
 

VTDigger’s 2020 year in photos

By Mike Dougherty

Dec 28 2020December 29, 2020

Tricia Dwyer using PAPR

Covid-19 changed everything this year, including the way reporters and photographers documented daily life.


Remembering Vermonters lost to Covid’s second wave

By Mike Dougherty

Dec 22 2020December 29, 2020

Names of Covid victims

The coronavirus has claimed more than 100 lives in the state, what Gov. Phil Scott last week called “a grim milestone.”


The Deeper Dig: Inside a Covid vaccination clinic

By Mike Dougherty and Katie Jickling

Dec 20 2020December 20, 2020

nurse with face mask

This week’s podcast: Now that the vaccine has arrived, it’s up to hospitals to get it into their communities.


The Deeper Dig: What humanities cuts could mean for UVM

By Mike Dougherty and Katya Schwenk

Dec 13 2020December 14, 2020

“I think you’re just destroying the university,” said Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst, a professor of religion, about the proposed cuts to 23 programs. “I don’t think there’ll be a university left.”


FAQ LIVE: Win Smith answers your questions about the pandemic ski season

By Mike Dougherty

Dec 9 2020December 9, 2020

“Hopefully people are going to act responsibly. And if they don’t, that puts the entire sport in jeopardy,” Smith says.


Gathering outbreaks recede while nursing home cases rise, state data shows

By Mike Dougherty

Dec 4 2020December 5, 2020

Rutland Healthcare and Rehabilitation

The ban on multi-household gatherings appears to have had an immediate effect, according to a new health department analysis of Covid-19 outbreaks.


FAQ LIVE: Vermont Foodbank CEO John Sayles discusses hunger during Covid

By Mike Dougherty

Dec 2 2020December 3, 2020

“We have not experienced, I think, across the country, a food security issue or hunger issue like this in a generation,” Sayles said during a live Q&A.


Barre hoists Black Lives Matter flag, with ‘thin blue line’ on deck

By Mike Dougherty

Dec 1 2020December 1, 2020

The city will fly one flag in December and one in January. Racial justice advocates say the plan sends a mixed message.


Vermont officials defend gathering ban after N.Y. Times story doubts data

By Mike Dougherty

Nov 25 2020November 26, 2020

Phil Scott and Mark Levine

The state is relying on a single statistic to support its latest restrictions, but experts say it’s an important one.


The Deeper Dig: How the pandemic turned partisan

By Mike Dougherty

Nov 22 2020November 23, 2020

Dr. Turner Osler, a research epidemiologist at UVM, says the politicization of Covid-19 is frustrating in the face of clear science about prevention.


The Deeper Dig: Slate Ridge and the prospect of political violence

By Mike Dougherty

Nov 8 2020November 8, 2020

An expert on extremists discusses where to draw the line when a group appears to pose a threat.


Scott calls for unity, congressional delegation relieved, by Biden win

By Mike Dougherty, Anne Galloway and Mark Johnson

Nov 7 2020November 8, 2020

Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., called the election of Biden and Harris “an historic and hugely meaningful moment for our good and great nation.”


Vermont’s 2020 Election Day in photos

By Mike Dougherty

Nov 3 2020November 3, 2020

Here’s what VTDigger photographers saw across the state as Vermonters showed up to vote in person on Tuesday.


Scott votes for Joe Biden

By Mike Dougherty and Colin Meyn

Nov 3 2020November 3, 2020

Gov. Phil Scott on Tuesday afternoon told reporters that he cast his vote for former Vice President Joe Biden, a line other Republican governors haven’t crossed.


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