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INTERVIEWS WITH JEN ELLIS

Jen Ellis and mittens

PRINT, RADIO & TV NEWS INTERVIEWS


Meet Jen Ellis, the Woman Behind Bernie Sanders’ Inauguration Day Mittens by Ari Shapiro - All Things Considered, National Public Radio


The Teacher Behind Bernie Sanders' Mittens Teams Up With a Teddy Bear Factory to Make Them for the Masses  by Scottie Andrew - CNN Digital  


Meet the Woman Behind Bernie Sanders’s Viral Mittens  by Matthew Kassel - Jewish Insider 


Bernie mitten maker and PJ Library fit hand in glove by Matthew Kassel - Jewish Insider 


Jen Ellis, woman behind Bernie Sanders’ inauguration day mittens, receives 13,000 orders    Kendis Gibson & Lindsey Reiser - MSNBC Weekend Morning Show


“I Think My Gmail Has Crashed”: The Teacher Who Made Bernie Sanders’ Mittens on Watching Them Go Viral  by Rachelle Hampton - Slate Magazine


Bernie Sanders’s Viral Mittens: Meet the Sustainable Teacher Who Made Them by Madeleine Connors - Teen Vogue 


Those Viral Mittens Made Famous by Sen. Bernie Sanders Will Soon Be Available to Everyone — For a Good Cause  by Ashley Holt and Nik Z. -  NBCLX 


The Story Behind Those Famous Mittens:  Meet Jen Ellis  by Steve Jones - SVP Worldwide (Singer Sewing Machine Parent Company)


The handwarming story of how Bernie Sanders got his inauguration mittens by Travis M. Andrews- Washington Post


Meet the Vermont teacher behind Bernie Sanders' viral mittens, Jen Ellis is using her mittens to raise money for LGBTQ youth and show people the power of generosity by Jo Yurcaba - NBC Out


Sanders inauguration outfit with handmade mittens goes viral by Dom Amato - WCAX Channel 3 News Burlington, Vermont 


Here's why Bernie Sanders' mittens are going viral by Jack Thurston NBC-5 Burlington, Vermont


Maker of ‘Bernie's Mittens' Warns of Impostors by Jack Thurston - NECN Boston


Bernie Sanders' mittens inspire limited-edition maple syrup that benefits Camp Ta-Kum Ta - NBC-5 Burlington, Vermont


Alumna Shares her 15 Mittens- er, Minutes of Fame by Kaitie Catania   University of Vermont Alumni Magazine


Jen Ellis Parlays Bernie-Mitten-Meme-Celebrity Into Charity by Sally Pollak- Seven Days VT Newspaper


South Portland High School Grad turns sewing skills into Viral Sensation  by Dennis Hoey - Portland Press Herald


Radio Interview by Anna Van Dine -Vermont Public Radio (MP3 Audio file available upon request)


The Mitten Maker’s Brother, A Skagway Connection by Melinda Munson - Skagway News Alaska


Radio Interview  by John Carney -The Carney Radio Show, St. Louis  


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INTERNATIONAL MEDIA 


Meet the woman behind Bernie Sanders' famous mittens by Katty Kay and Christian Fraser - BBC World News


Woman behind Bernie Sanders's viral mittens shares how they ended up on his hands As It Happens – by Carol Off Canadian Broadcasting Corporation


Weekend Breakfast with Alison Curtis- Today FM Ireland


AN INTERNET GLOVE STORY: GRAZIA MEETS THE MAKER OF BERNIE SANDERS MITTENS Thomas Mitchell - Grazia Magazine, Australia 


Alexandra O'Neill, designer of dresses for the first lady of the UNITED States: "Bernie Sanders's mittens have taken over the Internet and the world!" by Nina Vishneva  - Voice of America (Russian Broadcast)


"Cette paire de gants apporte beaucoup de joie" : on a retrouvé celle qui a tricoté les moufles de Bernie by Gregory Phillips - Radio France, French Public Radio 


Radio Interview, Karnie Sharp - BBC Newsday


Polish Radio Vox FM Warsaw interview with Paweł Szaniawski


Other News Coverage (a partial list):


Bernie Sanders Rewears Mittens by a Vermont Teacher to the Inauguration by Liana 

Satenstein - Vogue


Sen. Bernie Sanders Reacts to His Photograph Becoming a Viral Meme - Late Show with Seth Meyers


Cold Bernie’ meme sends internet scrambling to outdo itself by Willie Geist Sunday -Today NBC 


Meet the Queer Schoolteacher Who Made Bernie’s Inauguration Mittens by Mey Rude - The Advocate


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SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS AND TELEVISION APPEARANCES 


Making Meaningful Change Out of Mittens and Memes: A Fireside Chat with Jen Ellis Vanderbilt University, March 2, 2021


Disney Interview for Earth Day, airing April, 2021


Amber Lemay Show 


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Podcasts:

Joshua Walehwa - Podcast Guest: Best Worst Thing Airing in March 2021


Mary Barbara Hanna- Podcast Guest: Bookshelf Shelfies aired in March 2021



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