# Emma Cotton

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Tabitha Moore on racial justice and bigotry

When Tabitha Moore founded the Rutland chapter of the NAACP in 2016, she didn’t imagine that advocating for racial justice in her community would lead to its opposite: a torrent of bigotry and hate. Following threats and harassment directed at her children and herself, Moore, a sixth generation Ver…

Press Pass 04.07.22 – Guests, Emma Cotton and Anne Wallace Allen

Emma Cotton and Anne Wallace Allen, reporters for VTDigger and Seven Days, respectively, join us to discuss local and regional headlines.   Podcast produced by GNAT-TV Seven (mkmA7) by Mark Moffett (c) copyright 2016.

Deep in the forest, a patch of common ground

There’s a story about forests that you’ve probably heard. Some environmentalists want to protect old trees, and leave the forests alone to sequester carbon. Others say there are good reasons for humans to actively manage forests. Those advocates include loggers and foresters, who earn their livelih…

Olympic Referee, Old Man of the Mtn, Abortion Rights, Organic Dairy

Being a hockey referee might be the most difficult job in sports. We’ll speak with former UVM women’s hockey player Chelsea Rapin who has refereed on the international level. Then we take a trip to New Hampshire to learn how you can still see the Old Man of the Mountain. After that, national corres…

How flooding affects Vermont’s wildlife and ecosystems

Vermonters are still coming to terms with the devastating toll of this summer’s flooding, which inundated downtowns, destroyed homes and businesses, and caused two confirmed deaths. Considered from almost any angle, the impact of this extreme weather on the state has been massive. Among the issues…

A plan for what’s left of Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant

For decades, Vermont Yankee, a nuclear power plant in Vernon, was the largest producer of electricity for the state. The plant has been shut down since 2014, and the company that now owns it is in the process of deconstructing it. That company, NorthStar, has recently submitted a plan that describ…

TLC ep#4 - Managing the SEND crisis: Adapting to meet the SEND needs of today and beyond

Send a text In this episode of The Learning Collective, Mike discusses a new approach that Maritime are taking to SEND outreach across their mainstream schools. Special guests on the podcast include: Cathryn Falconer (Maritime's SEND Strategy lead), Emma Cotton and Sophie Gosnell (SEND Outreach lea…

Predators & Their Playbook, True Crime Tuesday | Profiling Evil

Welcome to the premiere episode of our new series, True Crime Tuesday, because evil doesn’t take weekends off, and neither do we. Each week, we’ll break down some of the most intriguing and high-impact criminal cases making headlines. It’s not only about what happened, but why. We’ll dig into the b…

Feedback Friday, The Cases You’re Talking About | Profiling Evil

Welcome to Feedback Friday, where I answer your questions, revisit parts of the week’s biggest crime stories, and highlight the behavioral patterns that help investigators understand how offenders think and operate. This week we updated four major cases: 1) The missing 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard…

First Watch: Seattle’s Backyard Attacker, Sorority House Stalker, & a Naked Intruder

Today, Katie reports on violent home intrusions making headlines. First, Seattle police search for a man who beat 88-year-old Emma Cotton and bit off her finger during a brazen backyard robbery. Next, a Berkeley sorority is left shaken after a masked man wandered inside repeatedly, watched resident…