Laura Ullman
Multimedia Journalist
Laura Ullman is a multimedia journalist and the health reporter for WCAX.
Laura began working at WCAX in January 2023 as an intern. Now, Laura performs a variety of roles in the newsroom. She produces the weekend morning shows, reports dayside, photographs, edits and writes for the web. As a MMJ, Laura has covered the summer 2023 flooding, agriculture, education, events, sports, politics, crime, health care, arts and culture.
Laura graduated with a dual degree in Journalism & Radio, Television and Film with a minor in Political Philosophy as a Jefferson Scholar from the University of Texas at Austin. She studied abroad at IE University in Madrid and the University of Sussex in Brighton. While there, Laura earned the Moody Abroad Photojournalism Scholarship.
In her free time, Laura enjoys drawing, painting, playing bass, surfing, skating, photography and reading. Her favorite authors are Octavia Butler and Haruki Murakami.
Laura's best skill is active listening. Reach out to her at [email protected] to share your story.
The University of Vermont’s Hillel chapter hosted a West Bank Palestinian man and Israeli peace activist Tuesday night.
A long and dramatic Burlington City Council meeting resulted in the passage of two resolutions presented by Queen City Democrats to improve public safety.
The University of Vermont Elizabethtown Community Hospital is holding free community health screenings.
In 2023, a frost in May decimated the region’s apple crop. This year, growers are enjoying a complete rebound.
Support staff workers at Central Vermont Medical Center are celebrating after 79% of their team voted to unionize today.
Disruptive construction had some Winooski businesses complaining to city officials all summer long. Now that students are back in school, has anything improved?
Many of the businesses in our region are considered small, not exactly the type to get bought out by private equity firms for millions of dollars. So when small business owners want to move on, what do they do?
There’s a new easy-to-use online tool for Vermonters looking to file divorce or relief from abuse.
Deaths from overdoses are down in Vermont in the past year. It’s an amazing feat many celebrated at City Hall Park on Thursday, but it doesn’t mean there weren’t still casualties.
It was a fiery night Wednesday at the Figure 8 race at the Champlain Valley Fair in Essex Junction.
Thousands of people go to Essex Junction to ride the rides and eat the food of the Champlain Valley Fair, but do they stop anywhere else?
The university says there was a 6% increase in Vermonters this year, adding to the 8% increase the school saw last year. But who else makes up this freshman class of undergrads?
Some people come for the rides, some come for the food, but many are here for the music.
The "10 Best Days of Summer" are officially underway. Our Laura Ullman was at opening day of the Champlain Valley Fair in Essex Junction and gives you a look inside.
The numbers are in and deaths from overdoses in the first half of 2024 are a little bit lower than the three-year average but overdose-related emergency room visits are up.
The Caledonia County Fair kicked off on Wednesday, and the fair designated opening night as flood relief night in the wake of recent devastation.
The St. Albans Creamery & Supply is getting out of the grocery business.
A homeless encampment in Burlington went up in flames Tuesday evening.
The University of Vermont's board of trustees on Monday named current Provost and Senior Vice President Patricia Prelock as the school's interim president.
If you were outside today, you may have noticed things looked and felt a little different.
The culinary medicine program includes gardening and cooking classes, comprehensive pain plans, nutrition services, and a rooftop garden near the hospital cafe.
Royalton residents flooded the Senior Center Wednesday to discuss public safety challenges they are seeing in their town.
Democrat Esther Charlestin will take on Republican Governor Phil Scott in November for Vermont’s top job.
A number of Chittenden County residents Monday night called on the Air Force to replace the loud F-35 fighter jets that have been based in Burlington the past five years.
There was a heated debate Monday night between the Burlington mayor, city councilors, and the public on how to handle Burlington’s homeless crisis.
Emergency Crews respond to Alburgh home where a tree falls trapping three people inside.
After a heated debate between Essex leaders and residents over plans to replace Vermont’s only women’s prison, officials ended a planning commission meeting Thursday night without public comment.
As Vermont hospitals begin to make their budget presentations to the Green Mountain Care Board, one conclusion is clear: there was no show of improvement in Vermont’s hospitals’ financial strain.
Members of the University of Vermont Medical Center’s night shift support staff walked out on Wednesday night, calling it a “march on the boss.”
Copley Hospital is opening a new orthopedics medical office in Waterbury.
A new “city green” is coming to South Burlington, but where will it be and what will it look like? That will be up to residents at the next City Council meeting.
A substance abuse treatment center has been saved from impending closure thanks to an acquisition by Washington County Mental Health Services.
Residents in Essex and Caledonia Counties are continuing to clean up damage from the latest round of flash flooding. That includes Island Pond, which received almost eight inches of rain earlier this week.
An outpatient emergency mental health urgent care center is coming to Burlington.
There was some disruption at the Summervale Festival in Burlington tonight.
The Champlain Parkway project is entering its final stage, and community members who are curious or concerned about construction details had the opportunity to speak with Burlington’s Department of Public Works officials on Wednesday.
Time is running out to keep Vermont hospitals afloat. That’s according to research presented in a community hospital transformation meeting in Middlebury on Tuesday.
Woodstock residents vote Tuesday on whether to overturn a new ordinance designed to regulate short-term rentals.
It looks like an ordinary construction zone, but something giant, round and magical is coming to Williston.
Hundreds came together at the Champlain Valley Expo to discuss the future of Vermont’s substance use recovery plan.
It was an update that paused the world. Our Laura Ullman set off to find out how the CrowdStrike outages affected our region.
Almost three dozen new homes for older adults are going up in St. Albans.
Folks who have experienced mental health struggles gathered in Burlington to showcase their pride in their survival.
Dozens of volunteers spent their Saturday cleaning up flood damage in Barre.
As the water recedes, the full extent of damage is becoming clear. Expensive repairs will be on the shoulders of towns to fix public roads, and on families to fix private roads. Our Laura Ulllman reports.
Coming Together: A Substance Use Addiction Summit is one week away.
Three beaches in our region are currently closed due to E. coli contamination.
Farm fields in Burlington’s Intervale are once again underwater. Farmers and volunteers Thursday morning raced against rising waters from the Winooski River to salvage some of their crops in what has become an all too familiar sight.
A $9 million renovation of the Hilton Burlington Lake Champlain is complete.
On this week’s Health Watch, we’re taking a special look at health care for flood victims.
