Carrie Saldo

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Carrie Saldo is a host and producer for New England Public Media. Previously she has headed the Worcester bureau for WGBH News and was host of NEPM's then-nightly news magazine program “Connecting Point.”

Saldo, an award-winning journalist, has reported extensively from the Berkshires and Pioneer Valley as a reporter with the North Adams Transcript, the Berkshire bureau chief of WAMC and as a reporter for The Berkshire Eagle. She has also worked as host and reporter for Rocky Mountain Public Media.

She can be reached at carrie_saldo [at] nepm.org.

Interviews & Talk

Alleged VA chaplain censorship, Housatonic waterworks woes, increasing food insecurity

Carrie Saldo

Today on The Rundown, we discuss rising need for food assistance, Rep. Jim McGovern's accusations that Veterans Administration chaplains are facing censorship and how a Berkshire community hopes to improve drinking water quality.
Podcasts & Projects

Hydropower facilities, nicotine-free generation initiative, reducing cell phone use

Carrie Saldo

Today on The Rundown, panelists discuss the local impacts hydropower facilities across the region, the nicotine-free generation initiative, and an app that helps reduce screen time.
Interviews & Talk

Snowstorm impacts, threats to Housing First program, rising utility costs

Carrie Saldo

We plow through the impacts of this week's major snowstorm, the Trump administration's attempts to deconstruct critical government programs that support people facing homelessness, how the state and residents are responding to rising utility bills.
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State of the Commonwealth address, Quabbin Reservoir concerns

Carrie Saldo

We cover Gov. Maura Healey's State of the Commonwealth address, discuss Quabbin Reservoir stewardship as water levels dip 10 feet lower than normal, explore a production furlough in Springfield following U.S. Customs and Border Protection decision and much more.
Interviews & Talk

Declining student enrollment, controversial battery plant, public record transparency

Carrie Saldo

Today on The Rundown, panelists discuss the funding impacts of record-low public school enrollment, a controversial battery storage unit coming to Agawam, and transparency, or lack thereof, of public records.
Interviews & Talk

Maduro capture, proposed power field in Southampton, municipal progress

Carrie Saldo

Today on The Rundown with Carrie Saldo, we provide local perspective of the dramatic capture of Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro, debates surrounding a proposed solar power plant in Southampton, sworn-in local municipal administrations and much more.
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Projected loss for Baystate Health, housing support, obstructive infrastructure

Carrie Saldo

Today on The Rundown, we discuss a projected yearly loss for Baystate Health following a Trump administration policy bill, how Pittsfield is supporting residents with housing, recommendations to tear down the Route 2 overpass in North Adams, and much more!
Interviews & Talk

Social cannabis, development stalled in Holyoke, racial inequity in public offices

Carrie Saldo

Today on The Rundown, panelists discuss legal social cannabis consumption coming to Mass., a lack in racial diversity in western Mass. public offices, and stalled development of Sublime Systems expansion in Holyoke following a grant rescission.
Interviews & Talk

Holyoke fires, MCAS replacements, wastewater treatment concerns

Carrie Saldo

Today, panelists discuss devastating fires in Holyoke, evolving graduation requirements in Massachusetts, wastewater concerns in Pittsfield and much more.
Interviews & Talk

Rent control divides, rail transportation, Henry Knox's march

Carrie Saldo

We discuss the divisions as rent control makes its way on the 2026 ballot, how decreased rail use in western Mass. could impact the east-west rail project and historical debates on the route of Henry Knox's artillery march.