Vermont Watchdog has added its presence to the Vermont Statehouse press corps, with the hiring of reporter Michael Bielawski.
Bielawski, a Hardwick resident, will spend several days a week in Montpelier, covering legislative and other state government news, with a particular focus on energy, education, employment, and other issues of interest to Vermont readers, said Vermont Watchdog Chief Reporter Bruce Parker.
A Seton Hall 2005 graduate, Bielawski has been writing freelance articles for various publications in and around New York City, Seoul in South Korea, upstate New York and Vermont for ten years. He is a former staff writer and ongoing contributor at the Hardwick Gazette, keeping track of rising school budgets and other rural Vermont issues. At home he's very busy looking after two little boys, and during free time loves to watch Stanley Kubrick films off Netflix.
Vermont Watchdog, a state-based bureau of the national Watchdog.org, was established in 2013. Parker has been writing for Vermont Watchdog since February 2014. Guy Page was hired as Communications Director in October 2015.
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