INTERVIEWS WITH JEN ELLIS
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