After 20 years as local host of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” Mitch Wertlieb is passing the mic to colleague and “All Things Considered” co-host Jenn Jarecki. Wertlieb will stay at Vermont Public to host “The Frequency,” Vermont Public’s daily news podcast, beginning this fall.
Wertlieb’s last day on “Morning Edition” will be Friday, July 28. The show will feature special guests and celebrate his incredible run. Listeners can send thank-you messages that may play during his last “Morning Edition” by emailing a voice memo to [email protected] or leaving a message at 802-552-8899.
“For so many of us, Mitch’s steady presence on the air over the past two decades has almost made him synonymous with VPR, and now Vermont Public,” said Angela Evancie, interim senior vice president of content. “And yet he is also uniquely himself: a rare host whose integrity is never in question, whose humanity never falters and whose jokes never fall flat (unless you don’t like puns!).”
As Jarecki moves to mornings on July 31, Mary Engisch will become full-time local host of “All Things Considered.”