Rachel Hellman
@Rachel__Hellman
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Reporter at @sevendaysvt via @Report4America Tips: [email protected] @wustlsoc 2020 alum she/they
Burlington, Vermont
Joined December 2020
It was an honor to work on this story! Thanks to @sevendaysvt for investing in this work, and in young journalists like myself.
Congratulations to @Rachel__Hellman/@SevenDaysVT for winning second place in the enterprise or investigative (single story) reporting category for: “Taking Refuge: Transgender Newcomers Find Safety, Services and Community in Vermont”
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Impressive — and important — piece of accountability journalism from @Rachel__Hellman
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Local news outlets in the region flooded by Helene are producing indispensable service journalism. Right now the top stories on the Asheville Citizen-Times home page include "where to get gas, groceries, wifi, water" and "how to stay safe during boil water advisory"
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Flood Insurance Gaps and Rising Risks Challenge #Vermont Homeowners, reports @Rachel__Hellman @sevendaysvt/@Report4America
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https://t.co/qKvQVRJqgb
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As the climate crisis hits home, a growing number of Vermonters with vulnerable properties are getting caught short when it comes to insurance protection.
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Flood Insurance Gaps and Rising Risks Challenge Vermont Homeowners: https://t.co/dd9SLiFEF0 via @Rachel__Hellman @sevendaysvt/@Report4America
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As the climate crisis hits home, a growing number of Vermonters with vulnerable properties are getting caught short when it comes to insurance protection.
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A Waterbury-Based Speech Pathologist Launched the Viral 'I'm Worth Listening To' Campaign. @Rachel__Hellman @sevendaysvt/@Report4America
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"Hi, my name is Ronan," the boy wearing a tie-dye sweatshirt in an online video says slowly. "I'm a person who stutters, and I'm worth...
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Youth Conservation Crews Head Out to Repair Damage From 2023 Floods Learn more from @Rachel__Hellman @sevendaysvt via @Report4America
https://t.co/o4UK1brW1v
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The crew had been building a set of stairs on a beach access trail in Groton State Forest for nearly two weeks. A 32-foot section...
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Not sure I've ever seen this before. Good one, via @Rachel__Hellman: A selectboard member in the Town of Addison kept serving — an entire year — because nobody realized his term was up
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No one in the Town of Addison, population 1,337, noticed that Peter Briggs was serving an extra year on its selectboard — not even Briggs...
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Social media can actually help foster postive conversations and build communities. The story of how Front Porch Forum works in Vermont.
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There's a place on the internet where lost roosters are found and unlikely friendships form over a shared love of vintage clothing patterns. Neighbors debate...
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Check out my article, which @ErinInTheMorn links to below
The number of news articles and network specials about safe states and trans refugees finding safety in those states... There is currently a huge migration of trans people underway, and news orgs are finally paying attention. This is the cost of anti-trans laws.
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Taking Refuge: Transgender Newcomers Find Safety, Services and Community in Vermont/ https://t.co/Ky15gCntTv via @Rachel__Hellman @sevendaysvt /@Report4America
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Kate and Drew Streip never planned to leave Chattanooga. The young couple — born-and-bred Tennesseans — were raising their three children in Streip's childhood home...
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Read this wonderful story from @Rachel__Hellman
https://t.co/x4hTFCzbwx
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To make matters worse, he discovered that his car insurance — through Geico — wouldn't cover flood damage. Simmons will have to pay back the bank that holds the lien on the wrecked car. He owes $11,500 and makes $19/hr working with homeless youth. https://t.co/YgGuALTXI5
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For weeks, people in Springfield were captivated by the search for Tiki, a 26-year-old emu that escaped from a sanctuary. There were sightings and other developments. Good news: Tiki is now home. @Rachel__Hellman reports
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Summer is, after all, the season of escape: the landscape in which to contemplate, alone, our failures and our possibilities; the safety valve, the frontier that none of us wants—or can afford—to see closed.
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I spent the day witnessing "community," the verb. @a1mondbutter, @KevinMcCallum7d and I, report. https://t.co/K0ZQl3F726
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@sevendaysvt Also want to shout out @vtdigger and @vermontpublic. Reporters there have been everywhere and keeping Vermonters well informed with potentially life-saving information. Great work by local media during this catastrophe
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❗ NEW ISSUE TODAY ❗ Historic and Catastrophic: Unrelenting rain swamped Vermont's cities, towns and hamlets. The recovery is just beginning. For more: https://t.co/2qXojbXiZI
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It feels surreal to have my first Seven Days cover out in the world. I was so glad to work on this project, which brought me all over the state to find Vermonter’s “third places” (and do my sociology professors proud). https://t.co/Jhl3ftKkXS
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