Louis Porter, left, with VPR’s Peter Hirschfeld Credit: File: Paul Heintz

One of the Statehouse’s top print reporters is moving into the world of broadcast.

Vermont Public Radio has hired the Vermont Press Bureau’s Peter Hirschfeld to join the station’s capital bureau, according to VPR news director John Dillon. 

“I’m really excited,” Dillon says. “He’s a trusted, respected, leading journalist who really has established himself for breaking news and enterprise reporting.

A Jericho native and Worcester resident, Hirschfeld (pictured at center during a Statehouse press conference) joined the Barre-Montpelier Times Argus in 2003 as a sports reporter and copy editor. In 2009, he moved over to the Vermont Press Bureau, which covers state government for the T-A and the Rutland Herald. Both papers are owned by John Mitchell.

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Paul Heintz was part of the Seven Days news team from 2012 to 2020. He served as political editor and wrote the "Fair Game" political column before becoming a staff writer.

2 replies on “Media Note: VPR Hires Vermont Press Bureau’s Chief Statehouse Reporter”

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