# April Mccullum

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Open Mike- Wednesday 2/8/17

Featuring: Open Mike Jennifer Costa- WCAX Reporter Topic:  Pet Insurance Luke Vargas- Talk Media News April McCullum- Burlington Free Press Reporter Topic: Ethics, Exit 16 Redesign

Get to know April McCullum, Free Press digital innovation editor

April McCullum, the digital innovation editor, is the fourth guest on Behind the Byline, a podcast telling the stories of the staff of the Burlington Free Press hosted by summer intern Blaise Siefer.  McCullum joined the Free Press in 2013 and has covered multiple topics including Burlington,…

How many Airbnbs are 'taking away' from Vermonters? It's complicated

Christiana Martin wants to know how much short-term rentals, such as Airbnbs, are exacerbating Vermont’s housing crisis. We survey the data, and visit two Vermont neighborhoods — Decatur Street in Burlington and Gorham Drive in Kirby — to find out how communities across the state are responding to …

Mud Season Madness (encore)

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Vermont’s messy transition from winter to spring always brings its fair share of surprises and obstacles. And this year has been no exception: The mud came early, and it came often. Keith Gadapee is on the front lines of battling mud season as road foreman…

Is Vermont’s motel program a ‘magnet’ for out-of-staters experiencing homelessness?

For as long as Carly Berlin has been reporting on housing issues for Vermont Public and VTDigger, she’s been hearing some version of this question: Is Vermont’s rise in homelessness due to unhoused people moving here from out-of-state? She hasn’t been able to track down an easy answer to this ques…

What happened to all the halfway houses in Vermont?

Question-asker Manny recently got out of prison. He wants to learn about his options for transitional housing — a place where he could stay sober while readjusting to life outside a prison cell.  It turns out, those options look very different today than they would have even a few years ago. To see…

Who controls the deployment of the Vermont National Guard?

The Vermont National Guard usually takes orders from the state. But at the end of 2025, President Trump deployed the Vermont guard to the Caribbean — and Gov. Scott said he had no control over the president’s orders. It gave this question from a listener newfound relevance:  “Who controls the deplo…

Preventing suicide with outpatient treatment

A new outpatient clinic focuses on suicide prevention; a decision reached on a proposed cell tower near a popular Vermont lake; and as we approach a quarter century since 9-11, we’ll hear from a Ludlow resident who was on-scene as a New York City firefighter that day. Have feedback about the show? …

Candidates discuss election security

State election officials don’t expect any federal interference at polling places on Election Day; major party candidates for Vermont’s U.S. House seat discuss election security in a recent debate; the party returning to power in Quebec wants the province to be its own country; cooler temps mean ext…