Helen Chickering
Morning Edition Host, ReporterHelen Chickering is a host and reporter on Blue Ridge Public Radio. She joined the station in November 2014.
Helen grew up in Texas. Her broadcast career began in television news in 1985 at WLBT, the NBC affiliate in Jackson, Mississippi. There she did everything from news to weather and found her niche in medical reporting. Over the next 20 years she covered health and science news on both local and national levels, including 5 years in Charlotte at the CBS affiliate, WBTV. In 1998, Helen helped launch the health and science desk at NBC News Channel, the network's affiliate news service. She became the first journalist to serve as president of the National Association of Medical Communicators and was on the founding board of the Science Communicators of North Carolina.
In 2012, Helen and her family moved to Asheville from Chapel Hill and she started working as a freelance producer and as a Montessori teaching assistant. A longtime NPR listener, she was thrilled to land a job at Blue Ridge Public Radio. Helen is an active member of the Asheville Science Tavern and a guest lecturer and an advisory board member at the University of North Carolina's Medical and Science Journalism Program.
Email: hchickering@bpr.org
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The Henderson County Sheriff’s Department says a suspect from Tennessee died following a vehicle chase and gunfire exchange.
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Even with only a partial view, enthusiasm was undimmed during an event at UNC Asheville.
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Asheville Police Chief Mike Lamb speaks with BPR's Helen Chickering about his background, observations, and departmental priorities.
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Just before the first day of spring, the region will feel lows in the 20s, and local officials urge caution with much of the area under a warning for increased fire risk.
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NC Health Secretary Kody Kinsley talks with BPR's Helen Chickering during a visit to a Medicaid expansion training event in WNC with Gov. Roy Cooper.
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Firefighting crews are making progress in containing a wildfire in Madison County that has scorched close to 60 acres and threatened a dozen homes and structures.
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Find candidate information plus voting locations and times.
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Asheville Watchdog investigative reporter Andrew Jones shares the latest about HCA and Mission.
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Some big names in the field of climate science - many of them locals - are headlining a Town Hall style event to help the public understand how the findings in the country’s latest climate change report card can help Western North Carolina become more resilient.