April Barton, the youth forward reporter, is the sixth guest on Behind the Byline, a podcast telling the stories of the staff of the Burlington Free Press hosted by summer intern Blaise Siefer.
Barton joined the Free Press in 2019 after stops in Texas, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, New York, and Virginia. On this episode, Barton describes her former career as a broadcast journalist, why she's welcomed the move to print journalism, and a colored igloo that landed her significant attention.