Carrie Saldo
Host/ProducerCarrie 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.
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This week, The Rundown discusses furloughs at a Springfield rail car maker, contracts awarded by ICE to a Pittsfield armored car company, and a multimillion dollar windfall for the Hampden County District Attorney’s office. -
This week, The Rundown unpacks local effects of the Iran War, explore a state budget hearing and plans to address health care needs in western Mass. -
In for Carrie Saldo, NEPM's Jill Kaufman and panelists discuss Secretary of the Executive Office of Economic Development Eric Paley's visit to Franklin County, Amherst's new resolution to hold ICE agents accountable when they violate state laws, and more. -
Today on The Rundown, panelists discuss health insurance costs to local school and municipal budgets, the future of quantum computing in the 413, and where nuclear energy and weaponry stand in Massachusetts. -
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. -
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. -
![This week's panel for The Rundown includes Hallie Claflin [not pictured], reporter for Commonwealth Beacon; Dave Eisenstatder [not pictured], state editor for MassLive; Ryan McCollum, political consultant for RMC Strategies; and NEPM’s own Monte Belmonte of The Fabulous 413.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/644e225/2147483647/strip/true/crop/880x490+0+0/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe1%2F05%2F4580a80042bab6a66c2323d7e789%2Fgrove.png)
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. -
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. -
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. -
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.
![This week's panel for The Rundown includes Hallie Claflin [not pictured], reporter for Commonwealth Beacon; Dave Eisenstatder [not pictured], state editor for MassLive; Ryan McCollum, political consultant for RMC Strategies; and NEPM’s own Monte Belmonte of The Fabulous 413.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/51ee1cc/2147483647/strip/true/crop/880x490+0+0/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe1%2F05%2F4580a80042bab6a66c2323d7e789%2Fgrove.png)
