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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Residents and businesses in parts of Asheville and the southern and western parts of Buncombe County, have been without water for a week following problems at a water production facility, caused in part by the recent freeze. -
Arctic blast brings cold weather and dangerous wind chill to wnc
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Advent’s hospital plan for Buncombe gets the nod from NCDHHS as competitors contemplate a challenge.
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More than two million North Carolinians took advantage of early voting in the 2022 midterms, which wrapped up on Saturday. The BPR news team has been visiting polling sites, talking with voters about what issues are driving them to the polls this year.
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BPR is answering listener queries about voting in 2022 Fall midterm election. This week, a listener wanted to know about provisional ballots and when they are used
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One of the biggest challenges for climate scientists is communication - communicating to the public. Feature on climate jargon part of climate special.
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Early voting is underway in North Carolina. BPR is answering listener queries about voting. This week’s question focuses on the rules around observing elections.
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BPR’s Helen Chickering reports during 2022 midterms school board races often overlooked down ballot race has a bigger impact on communities than many people realize.
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2022 midterm election question 3 - what's on my ballot featuring bunco county elections officials
