As Vermont prepares for Town Meeting Day, presidential primaries, and municipal elections on March 5, University of Vermont scholars are available to provide expert commentary to media outlets.
Vermont Presidential Primaries and U.S. Election
Alex Garlick
UVM Political Science Dept.
Email: Alex.Garlick@uvm.edu
Twitter/X: @Garlicksauce
- Garlick can speak on Vermont’s presidential primaries—including Nikki Haley's planned visit to Vermont—U.S. elections, Congress, and national trends in state legislatures.
Town Meeting Day
Richard Watts
UVM Center for Research on Vermont
UVM Community News Service
Email: rwatts@uvm.edu
- Watts can speak on the history and traditions of Town Meeting Day, and how UVM student journalists are helping local media outlets to cover the event.
Michael Moser
UVM Center for Rural Studies
Vermont’s Census State Data Center
Email: Michael.moser@uvm.edu
- Moser can discuss a project seeking to understand civic health in Vermont communities, a partnership with the Vermont Secretary of State’s Office.
Andrew Brown
UVM Community Development and Applied Economics
UVM Master of Public Administration Program
Email: andrew.brown@uvm.edu
- Brown can speak on history, changes, trends, local issues, and democracy.
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UVM Students Take on Town Meeting Day
- Responding to the national trend of shrinking local newsrooms, students in UVM’s Community News Service program will report on Town Meeting Day in partnership with news outlets across Vermont. Story assignments include Town Meeting Day ballot items, street revitalization projects, the aftermath of a church fire, and local budgets. Students will interview voters at town meetings and polls statewide and file stories on deadline in their UVM newsroom. Contact: Richard Watts (rwatts@uvm.edu), Meg Little Reilly (margaret.little-reilly@uvm.edu)
- UVM students will also cover Town Meeting Day in Burlington with CCTV/Channel 17. Students will interview voters and candidates, provide post-election analysis, and share election results on social media. Contact: Ben Dangl (benjamin.dangl@uvm.edu)