Valley Reporter
The Mad River Valley Reporter, usually called Valley Reporter, is a weekly newspaper based in Waitsfield, Vermont that is published every Thursday.[1] The paper covers the Mad River Valley area of central Vermont, including the towns of Waitsfield, Warren, Fayston, Moretown, Duxbury, and the Sugarbush and Mad River Glen ski resort.[2] Its circulation is estimated to be 3,700 copies.[3] The Valley Reporter began publication in 1971.[4] The current editor is Lisa Loomis.[3] The publisher is Patricia Clark.[5] HistoryThe Valley Reporter was originally founded and owned by the Stowe Reporter, which was owned by Trow Elliman.[6] The Valley Reporter began publication in 1971.[4] In 1976, Valley Reporter editor Phyllis Gile and David Pomerantz left to start a rival paper, after a purported dispute with publisher Elliman.[7] The rival paper, called Green Mountain Independent folded in 1979.[8] The paper became independent from the Stowe Reporter when Alvan Benjamin purchased the paper from Trow Elliman in 1982.[5][6] In 1985, Benjamin began purchasing new equipment for the paper, starting with a new typesetter.[9] He hired Lisa Loomis as a reporter for the paper in 1986. Loomis became editor of the paper in 2000, though Alvan Benjamin retained the title of President of the paper until his death in 2015.[5][10][11] Lisa Loomis is also the President of the Vermont Press Association for 2017–2018.[12] Coverage
Friends of Mad River test the waters of Mad River and publish the results in the Valley Reporter.[13] AwardsIn 1983, the Valley Reporter won first place for business and economic reporting from the New England Press Association.[14] In 1991, Lisa Loomis, reporter for the Valley, won 3rd place in the category of Best Local Story, Non-daily in the Vermont Press Association Awards[15] Lisa Loomis and Katrina VanTyne won an honorable mention in that same category in 2007.[16] In 2012, the Valley Reporter won second place in the Best in Vermont—General Excellence (non-dailies) category in the Vermont Press Association Awards.[17] References
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