John Dillon
John worked for VPR in 2001-2021 as reporter and News Director. Previously, John was a staff writer for the Sunday Times Argus and the Sunday Rutland Herald, responsible for breaking stories and in-depth features on local issues. He has also served as Communications Director for the Vermont Health Care Authority and Bureau Chief for UPI in Montpelier. John was honored with two regional Edward R. Murrow Awards in 2007 for his reporting on VPR. He was the lead reporter for a VPR series on climate change that in 2008 won a national Edward R. Murrow award for continuing coverage. In 2009, John's coverage of an asbestos mine in northern Vermont was recognized with a regional investigative reporting award from the Radio-Television News Directors Association.
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As the planet warms, many areas around the world may become uninhabitable. On the east coast of the United States, especially in population centers like... -
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that alleged Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc. misleads consumers with claims that its farms protect the... -
Vermont dairy farmers have donated thousands of gallons of milk to help the hungry even as they face their own COVID-19-driven financial crisis. -
The region's largest dairy cooperative will impose a new pricing system in January in an effort to curb excess milk production. -
Organic dairy farmers in Vermont say inconsistent enforcement of industry standards have allowed large-scale producers to market milk that is not truly... -
Vermont official Corey Chase went on a 6,000-mile road trip to fact-check the coverage claims of mobile carriers. He found that most of them are way off. -
In 12 states and Washington, D.C., people in the country illegally can still get a driver's license. The process is meant to keep roads safe, but may put undocumented people at risk of deportation.
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While the U.S. dairy industry has welcomed the new trade deal with Canada and Mexico, Canadian farmers say it will further erode a support system that... -
New England governors and the premiers of eastern Canadian provinces say the ties that bind the region transcend the trade war between Washington and...
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Some workers say wages and living conditions have improved. Farms have also committed to providing five annual paid sick days, five paid vacation days and to meet housing health and safety standards.
