That unfamiliar face in the press corps at Gov. Peter Shumlin's Jan. 14 statehouse press conference is not exactly new to the newspaper business - and neither is his family. Rob Mitchell is an executive in the family business, the Rutland Herald/Times Argus newspaper group. He was covering for Vermont Press Bureau Chief and sole reporter Peter Hirschfeld, who was in Grafton on assignment. The Herald/TA is still trying to fill both posts created late last year by the resignations of two veteran reporters. Louis Porter and Dan Barlow joined the Vermont Conservation Law Foundation and Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility respectively.
Mitchell, who oversees the VPB, said a hiring that was imminent last week fell through. For at least one position he wants a hard-nosed reporter with strong investigative skills.
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