Jennifer Mitchell
All Things Considered HostJennifer Mitchell studied Music, English and Anthropology at Oberlin College and Conservatory in Ohio. She has worked as News Director for Peninsula Public Radio in Homer, Alaska, and served as news producer in Bangor for Maine Public Radio in 2004. Most recently, she spent four years working in South Africa as a producer, as well as classical music presenter in Cape Town.
Jennifer is a fan of open source computing, and music of all types, including old Victrola tunes, jazz, folk, world, goth and metal. When not on the air, she can be found researching 19th century social history. Her idea of a good time is several hours in a dank basement looking at old patent applications, newspaper archives, and original recipes for intriguing Victorian delights such as sheep's head soup and shadow potatoes.
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At Maine Public, we're using the moment to launch a deep dive series on climate change that will involve the entire news team for the next year and beyond. All Things Considered Host Jennifer Mitchell spoke with Maine Public's news director, Mark Simpson, and deputy news director, Susan Sharon, about the series.
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Supporters hope the adoption of the amendment will change the way cities and towns write laws and consider people's right to food.
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The research will be funded by a $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, as part of a nationwide effort to try and understand why some patients infected by the coronavirus continue to suffer symptoms months after the initial infection.
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In Maine, prices rose more than 2 cents per gallon during the past week to an average price of $3.38 per gallon.
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Maine voters could add a 'right to food' amendment to the state constitution. Here's what that meansQuestion 3 on the November ballot asks Maine voters if they want to add an amendment to the Maine State Constitution to make growing, raising, and harvesting food an individual right.
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All Things Considered host Jennifer Mitchell spoke with Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows about this year's election.
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Four conservation groups have asked a federal judge to order a cessation of dam operations on the lower Kennebec River so that endangered Atlantic Salmon can migrate.
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The State of Maine has launched a new program, thought to be the first of its kind in the nation, to expand and simplify banking options for Mainers living with disabilities.
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Before the funeral, many of his nieces and nephews — and grand and great grand nieces and nephews — who had flown in from all over the country, and many of whom had never met each other, were looking at photos and trying to recall stories about the Millinocket boy who liked to pick blueberries and go skiing.
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According to Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce, only about 60% of corrections staff are vaccinated currently and only about 50% of the inmates are. Both of those numbers are well below the state average for vaccination.