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UVM Student Newspaper Wins National Diversity Story Award

Vermont Public | By Mitch Wertlieb,

Published October 28, 2016 at 9:54 AM EDT

This week, the University of Vermont’s student newspaper, the Vermont Cynic, won the Associated Collegiate Press’ 2016 Diversity Story of the Year award for a look back at the history of race at the university.

In a series called “Exploring Race at UVM,” the paper examined past traditions like the Kake Walk, a yearly dance featuring students in blackface, and how that and other events on campus shaped UVM’s policies around race and diversity.

VPR spoke with Kelsey Neubauer and Bryan O’Keefe, who co-wrote the series for the Vermont Cynic,to learn more about how they reported the story and what stuck out to them.

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Mitch Wertlieb

A graduate of NYU with a Master's Degree in journalism, Mitch has more than 20 years experience in radio news. He got his start as news director at NYU's college station, and moved on to a news director (and part-time DJ position) for commercial radio station WMVY on Martha's Vineyard. But public radio was where Mitch wanted to be and he eventually moved on to Boston where he worked for six years in a number of different capacities at member station WBUR...as a Senior Producer, Editor, and fill-in co-host of the nationally distributed Here and Now. Mitch has been a guest host of the national NPR sports program "Only A Game". He's also worked as an editor and producer for international news coverage with Monitor Radio in Boston.

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