Corey is a staff writer covering education for VTDigger, Vermont’s largest newsroom, where he contributes to coverage of the Vermont Statehouse and General Assembly.

He was previously based in New Jersey, where he cut his teeth covering politics, government and policy, crime and courts, education and more in Hudson County.

He has won awards from both the New Jersey Press Association and New England Newspaper & Press Association for his coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic, police and courts, religious issues, housing and development, business and economic issues, and more.

He graduated from West Virginia University, and is a proud mountaineer. Reach him at cmcdonaldreporter at gmail dot com and on Twitter and Bluesky, @cwmcdonald_