Erin Petenko

June is here—and we're heading back to the bargaining table today! We'll be countering an economics proposal that management passed last month which many of our members called insulting. And we'll be following up with some heat in the coming days. So watch this space!! 👀👀👀

Happy International Workers' Day! This May Day, the VTDigger Guild is relaunching our socials in solidarity with our journalism industry colleagues and the wider labor movement. Keep up the fight.

@createcraig @carla_astudi @SStirling @Disha_RC @spsullivan @BCunninghamN @codingyan I still have the photo of us holding papers, but the Carla hat?! What a day

In light of the sad news for New Jersey today After a nearly 20-month investigation into police use of force in NJ, we got to tour the Star-Ledger's printing facility for our special section Shame @carla_astudi @SStirling @Disha_RC @spsullivan @EPetenko @BCunninghamN @codingyan

Hello Vermont! Please support @vtdigger so I can keep making maps for you lovely people vtdigger.org/2023/11/13/vtd…

Senate approves FY-24 budget, spending up 13% 'Affordable Heat Act' passes, faces certain veto Bernie Sanders endorses President Biden These top stories and more - tonight on Vermont This Week: bit.ly/3ngqVZq @StewartMyNBC5 @EPetenko @WCAX_Cutler @SAMessenger

Have you ever wondered what your legislator does when they're not serving at the Statehouse? Our new tool opens the books of Vermont's top politicians to create a first-ever "Full Disclosure." #vtpoli (1/4) vtdigger.org/2023/04/18/ful…

Seven years ago — in the name of transparency — the Vermont Senate finally required its members to fill out financial disclosure forms. But how transparent is the process? To access the info, you have to go to the Statehouse in person to ask for it. (1/)

Hello! I’m looking to speak with people who regularly ride GMT buses for a special project with @shaun_robs. Please reach out to erin@vtdigger.org or DM me here. Thanks!

Do you work at Darn Tough Vermont? Have you worked there? If so, could I talk to you about your experiences? DM me or respond at our tip drop: vtdigger.org/tipster/tip-dr…

Just finished my #NICAR23 panel on which data viz to choose and why with @kleinmatic and @EPetenko — check out the tip sheet here! bit.ly/which-chart-ni…

After three years of attending @IRE_NICAR, I’ll be speaking at my fourth! Join me, @kleinmatic, and @EPetenko for our panel at #NICAR23, “Which data viz should I use and why?” Check out the full schedule here! 📊 #3291" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">schedules.ire.org/nicar-2023#3291

The Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center has been an essential tool for many throughout the pandemic. Kudos to all those who have been responsible for the development and maintenance of the site. npr.org/sections/healt…

Thanks to all who have helped protect themselves and others this year. We wish everyone a happy, healthy, and fun holiday season!

The Vermont state House chamber is filled with lawmakers and supporters this morning for the official enrollment of Proposal 2 and Proposal 5 into the state constitution, which were both overwhelmingly approved by voters this November. #vtpoli

BREAKING: Vermont becomes the 1st state to enshrine abortion rights in its constitution #vtpoli vtdigger.org/2022/11/08/mea…

And if you are qualified for this and have gotten money, or if you ran into issues, DM me! I’m still a little curious if there’s something about the low participation rate that I haven’t heard about.

I’d love to see this story get some traction, because it would be great for it to reach people who actually can use this program if they haven’t heard about it before. vtdigger.org/2022/09/02/a-f…

@SStirling @WeatherProf @PaytonGuion @mtdukes Is this based on property tax data mostly? Wondering if I can do it in VT

@WeatherProf I work out of NJ exclusively. But I'm going to try and spread the gospel of this type of analysis to other journalists. @PaytonGuion/@mtdukes already doing same out of NC. Florida has great sunshine laws, so the data to do this should be available in some form.

Corporations now own at least 10% of the housing stock in 18 NJ towns. A decade ago, that was not true for any town in the state. APP.com subscribers can access a database showing info on corporate buying in their community. app.com/story/news/loc…

A corporate home buying boom is squeezing you out of NJ bit.ly/3Ai6hhG (🔐) 🏘️ In places like Asbury Park, Trenton and Gloucester City, at least 1 in 3 houses has been sold to a corporation since 2017.